What does Psalms 103:12 mean?

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalms 103:12, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Psalms 103:10-14

  1. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
  2. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
  3. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
  4. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
  5. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

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About the book of Psalms

Author
several authors; 73 psalms bear David's name in the title
When
from the 10th century BC to after the exile
Period
Reino unido, c. 1050 a 930 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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