Psalm 103:13
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 103Meaning
Within “Measureless love and fatherly compassion,” verse 13 compares the LORD's compassion to a father's compassion for children who fear him; this detail advances the unit's argument and should not be detached from the whole psalm.
Read carefully
Read Psalm 103:13 inside its literary unit and the movement of Psalm 103; its imagery and claims are constrained by that context.
Reflection
Respond to the verse's specific emphasis — compares the LORD's compassion to a father's compassion for children who fear him — while reading it together with the surrounding lines of Psalm 103.