詩篇103:9-14

103:9 他不長久責備，也不永遠懷怒。

103:10 他沒有按我們的罪過待我們，也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。

103:11 天離地何等的高，他的慈愛向敬畏他的人也是何等的大！

103:12 東離西有多遠，他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠！

103:13 父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女，耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人！

103:14 因為他知道我們的本體，思念我們不過是塵土。

He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

For he knows our frame;

he remembers that we are dust.

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    讀到這段經文，讓我們感受到上帝的慈愛。

    的確上帝在基督裡的慈愛勝過刑罰，他不對給我們機會來更新與改變，讓我們在各種困難和失敗中重新站立起來，祂真的顧念我們，耶和華的慈愛永遠常存！