John Trapp on Psalms 103:13

Verſ. 13. Like as a Father pitieth] There is an ocean of love in a fathers heart: See Luke 15.20. Gen. 33.2, 13, 14. and Chap. 4.3. how hardly, and with what caution Jacob parted with Benjamin. Sozomen maketh mention of a certain Merchant, who offering himſelf to be put to death for his two ſons who were ſentenced to dye,Lib. 7. cap. 24. and it being granted that one of the two (whom he ſhould chuſe) ſhould be upon that condition delivered; the miſerable Father, aequali utriuſque amore victus, equally affected to them both, could not yeeld that either of them ſhould dye, but remained hovering about both, till both were put to death.

So the Lord pitieth &c.] So and ten thouſand times more than ſo; For he is the Father of all mercies, Parentela. and the Father of all the Father-beeds in heaven and earth, Eph. 3.15.