Psaume 103:10

10 Il ne nous a pas fait selon nos péchés, et ne nous a pas rendu selon nos iniquités.

Psaume 103:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 103:10

He hath not dealt with us after our sins
God deals with his people, and deals with them roundly, for their sins, reproving them by his Spirit, and by his ministers, and by his chastising rod; but not after or according to them, or as they deserve; in this David acknowledges himself and other saints, with whom he joins, to be sinners, to have been guilty of sins, as none live without them; and that God had taken notice of them, and chastised them for them; but in great moderation, and not according to the due demerit of them:

nor rewarded us according to our iniquities;
had he, if every transgression had received its just recompence of reward, they must have been sent to hell; the lake burning with fire and brimstone must have been their portion; the wages of sin is eternal death: the reason why God deals not with nor rewards his people according to the due desert of their sins is because Christ has bore them, and the chastisement of them, and made satisfaction to divine justice for them; see ( Ezra 9:13 ) .

Psaume 103:10 In-Context

8 L'Éternel est compatissant et miséricordieux; lent à la colère et abondant en grâce.
9 Il ne conteste pas à perpétuité, et ne garde pas sa colère à toujours.
10 Il ne nous a pas fait selon nos péchés, et ne nous a pas rendu selon nos iniquités.
11 Car autant les cieux sont élevés au-dessus de la terre, autant sa bonté est grande sur ceux qui le craignent.
12 Il a éloigné de nous nos iniquités, autant que l'orient est éloigné de l'occident.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.