8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.9 His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.10 He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.11 For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.