Psalms 103:11

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 103

4 songs meet this passage

  • “Higher than the heavens above”

    Emotions · Mariah Carey

    strains against Psalms 103:11

    The song borrows the language of heavenly heights for romantic euphoria, while the psalm reserves that height for God's steadfast love, a reminder of where ultimate 'higher' belongs.

  • Dare You to Move · Switchfoot

    resonates with Psalms 103:10-12

    Forgiveness meeting someone exactly at their point of failure, rather than requiring they clean up first, is the Psalm's picture of mercy.

  • “And like a flood His mercy reigns”

    Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) · Chris Tomlin

    resonates with Psalms 103:11-12

    The overwhelming, far-reaching scale of mercy described here matches the flood imagery.

  • “cast my sin as far as the East is from the West”

    East to West · Casting Crowns

    resonates with Psalms 103:11-12

    This is the direct source of the song's central image, describing the completeness of God's removal of sin.

Elsewhere in Psalms 103