Psalm 103:13 {102:13}
Good News Translation
As a father is kind to his children, so the LORD is kind to those who honor him.

New Revised Standard Version
As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.

Contemporary English Version
Just as parents are kind to their children, the LORD is kind to all who worship him,

New American Bible
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

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As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

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Numbers 11:12 Have I conceived all this multitude, or begotten them, that thou shouldst say to me: Carry them in thy bosom as the nurse is wont to carry the little infant, and bear them into the land, for which thou hast sworn to their fathers?

Deuteronomy 3:5 All the cities were fenced with very high walls, and with gates and bars, besides innumerable towns that had no walls.

Proverbs 3:12 Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:

Isaiah 63:15,16 Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me. . . .

Jeremiah 31:9,20 They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. . . .

Matthew 6:9,32 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. . . .

Luke 11:11,12 And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? Or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? . . .

Luke 16:21,22 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. . . .

John 20:17 Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me: for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.

Hebrews 12:5-11 And you have forgotten the consolation which speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord: neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him. . . .

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Psalm 103:11,17 For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him. . . .

Psalm 147:11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy.

Malachi 3:16,17 Then they that feared the Lord, spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name. . . .

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

Acts 13:26 Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God: to you the word of this salvation is sent.

Context
Bless the LORD, O My Soul
12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us. 13As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:14For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:…
Cross References
Ezekiel 24:21
Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.

Malachi 3:17
And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.

Psalm 103:12
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