8 Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.9 Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.10 Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.11 For, as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.12 As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.