Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. The distance from north to south is measurable. In every sphere there are north and south poles — both fixed points; and on the earth the distance between them is about twelve thousand miles. So that had the psalmist said, "As far as the north is from the south," our conceptions would have been thus limited. It is otherwise with the east and the west. There are no eastern and western poles. From every point alike in the circuit of the world, the east extends in one direction, the west in the other. Thus, the traveller westward, for example, might be said to be for ever chasing the west without coming nearer to it. The psalmist himself might not have known this astronomical fact; yet, regarding his words as dictated by the Spirit of God, we are surely permitted to read them in the light of modern science, and so to discern in them the most forcible illustration that can be imagined of the illimitable distance to which God has removed the iniquities of His people. (Cyclop. of Nature Teachings.) Parallel Verses KJV: As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.WEB: As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
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