Psalm 103:8-13

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

⁸ The Lord is _j merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹ _k He will not always chide,
nor will he _l keep his anger forever.
¹⁰ He does not deal with us _m according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For _n as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his _o steadfast love toward _p those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he _q remove our transgressions from us.
¹³ As _r a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion _p to those who fear him.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 86:15
   But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 57:16
   For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 30:5
   For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
   Jeremiah 3:5
   Will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.
   Jeremiah 3:12
   Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord ; I will not be angry forever.
   Micah 7:18
   Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
   
4. Cross References
   Ezra 9:13
   And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 36:5
   Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 117:2
   For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 103:13
   As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
   Psalms 103:17
   But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children.
   Luke 1:50
   And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
   
8. Cross References
   Isaiah 38:17
   Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
   Isaiah 43:25
   I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
   Micah 7:19
   He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
   
9. Cross References
   Malachi 3:17
   They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
   
10. Cross References
    Psalms 103:11
    For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.