Psalm 103:11 {102:11}
Good News Translation
As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who honor him.

New Revised Standard Version
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

Contemporary English Version
How great is God's love for all who worship him? Greater than the distance between heaven and earth!

New American Bible
For as the heavens tower over the earth, so his mercy towers over those who fear him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

as the, etc.

Psalm 36:5 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.

Psalm 57:10 For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.

Psalm 89:2 For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

Job 22:12 Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?

Proverbs 25:3 The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

Ephesians 2:4-7 But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us . . .

Ephesians 3:18,19 You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, . . .

his mercy

Psalm 103:17 But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,

Luke 1:50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

Context
Bless the LORD, O My Soul
10He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.…
Cross References
Psalm 36:5
O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth even to the clouds.

Psalm 57:10
For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.

Psalm 115:11
They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

Psalm 115:13
He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.

Psalm 117:2
For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

Psalm 103:10
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