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Psalms 103:13

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

KJV

Rigans montes de superioribus suis ; de fructu operum tuorum satiabitur terra :

Vulgate

ποτίζων ὄρη ἐκ τῶν ὑπερῴων αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ καρποῦ τῶν ἔργων σου χορτασθήσεται ἡ γῆ.

LXX

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

ASV

כְּ/רַחֵ֣ם אָ֭ב עַל בָּנִ֑ים רִחַ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַל יְרֵאָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
verb · 53×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ם
m
verb · 45×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
  • 2Sam 18:33 — And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my so
  • Col 3:21 — Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
  • Deut 3:5 — All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
  • Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
  • Isa 42:3 — A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
  • Isa 49:15 — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
  • Isa 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained
  • Jas 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
  • Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
  • Jer 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the
  • Jer 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the
  • Joel 2:18 — Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
  • John 20:27 — Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
  • Judg 6:36 — And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
  • Luke 7:13 — And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
  • Luke 11:11 — If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
  • Luke 15:21 — And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
  • Mal 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon h
  • Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Mark 8:2 — I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
  • Matt 6:9 — After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  • Matt 6:32 — (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
  • Matt 6:32 — (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
  • Mic 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.
  • Prov 3:12 — For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
  • Prov 3:12 — For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
  • Ps 103:11 — For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
  • Ps 103:17 — But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
  • Ps 119:38 — Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
  • Ps 128:1 — Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
  • Ps 147:11 — The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.