8. The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.
9. He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity.
10. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, and he has not repaid us according to our iniquities.
11. For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him.
12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us.
13. As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.
14. For he knows our form. He has called to mind that we are dust.
15. Man: his days are like hay. Like the flower of the field, so will he flourish.
16. For the spirit in him will pass away, and it will not remain, and he will know his place no longer.
17. But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and even unto eternity, upon those who fear him. And his justice is with the sons of the sons,