Psalms 103:12

Forgiveness Guilt and conscience Shame

¹⁰ He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

¹⁴ For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
KJV: As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
WEB: As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
ASV: As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
DARBY: As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
BLB: As far as the east [is] from the west, [so] has He put our transgressions far from us.

ÅB: Så langt som øst er fra vest, lar han våre misgjerninger være langt fra oss.
OTB: Så langt som øst er fra vest,
Så langt har Han tatt bort våre overtredelser fra oss.
B1930: Så langt som øst er fra vest, lar han våre misgjerninger være langt fra oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
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1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
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Isaiah 38:17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
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Jeremiah 31:34
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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Hebrews 10:2
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
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2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
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Jeremiah 50:20
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
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