Proverbia 103:13

Nova Vulgata

Quomodo miseretur pater filiorum, misertus est Dominus timentibus se.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Rigans montes de superioribus suis ; de fructu operum tuorum satiabitur terra ;

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Rigans montes de superioribus suis;
de fructu operum tuorum satiabitur terra:

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Like: Numbers 11:12, Deuteronomy 3:5, Proverbs 3:12, Isaiah 63:15, Isaiah 63:16, Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 31:20, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:32, Luke 11:11, Luke 11:12, Luke 15:21, Luke 15:22, John 20:17, Hebrews 12:5-11

them: Psalms 103:11, Psalms 103:17, Psalms 147:11, Malachi 3:16, Malachi 3:17, Malachi 4:2, Acts 13:26

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:16 - the Lord Deuteronomy 28:54 - his children Judges 6:36 - If thou wilt 2 Samuel 18:5 - Deal gently 2 Samuel 18:33 - would God 1 Kings 19:7 - because the journey Psalms 6:2 - for I Psalms 119:38 - who is devoted Psalms 128:1 - every one Isaiah 42:3 - bruised Isaiah 49:15 - a woman Joel 2:18 - and pity Mark 2:21 - seweth Mark 8:2 - compassion Luke 7:13 - he John 20:27 - Reach hither thy finger Colossians 3:21 - General James 5:11 - the Lord is 1 Peter 3:8 - pitiful

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Like as a father pitieth his children,.... When in any affliction, disorder, or distress: the Lord stands in the relation of a Father to his people; they are his children by adopting grace, through the covenant of grace with them; by a sovereign act of his own will he puts them among the children, predestinates them to the adoption of children; and sends his Son to redeem them, that they might receive it, and his Spirit to bear witness to their spirits, that they are his children; and towards these he has all the affections of a tender parent.

So the Lord pitieth them that fear him; not with a servile fear, which is unsuitable to the relation of children; but with reverence and godly fear, with a fear of him and his goodness, and on account of that; a filial fear, such a reverence as children should have of a father: and this character belongs to all the saints of all nations, Jews or Gentiles; and seems to be here given an purpose to include all; and that the divine pity and compassion might not be thought to be restrained to any particular nation. And, as the fruit of his tender mercy, he looks upon his children in their lost estate, and brings them out of it; he succours them under all their temptations; he sympathizes with them under all their afflictions: being full of compassion, he forgives their iniquities; and in the most tender manner receives them when they have backslidden, and heals their backslidings. The Targum in the king of Spain's Bible is,

"so the Word of the Lord pities,''

&c. See Hebrews 4:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Like as a father pitieth his children - Hebrew, “Like the compassion of a father for his children.” See the notes at Matthew 7:7-11. God often compares himself with a father, and it is by carrying out our ideas of what enters into the parental character that we get our best conceptions of the character of God. See the notes at Matthew 6:9. That which is referred to here, is the natural affection of the parent for the child; the tender love which is borne by the parent for his offspring; the disposition to care for its needs; the readiness to forgive when an offence has been committed. Compare Luke 15:22-24. Such, in an infinitely higher degree, is the compassion - the kindness - which God has for those that love him.

So the Lord pitieth them that fear him - He has compassion on them. He exercises toward them the paternal feeling.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 103:13. Like as a father pitieth his children — This is a very emphatic verse, and may be thus translated: "As the tender compassions of a father towards his children; so the tender compassions of Jehovah towards them that fear him." Nothing can place the tenderness and concern of God for his creatures in a stronger light than this. What yearnings of bowels does a father feel toward the disobedient child, who, sensible of his ingratitude and disobedience, falls at his parent's feet, covered with confusion and melted into tears, with, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am not worthy to be called thy son!" The same in kind, but infinitely more exquisite, does God feel when the penitent falls at his feet, and implores his mercy through Christ crucified.