KJV King James Version
The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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Psalm 145:8
The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Gracious and merciful is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.
Surrounding context — Psalm 145
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
6 And [men] shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
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Numbers 14:18The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].Psalm 103:8The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.Psalm 86:5For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.Psalm 100:5For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.Psalm 116:5Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful.Micah 7:18-20Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.Romans 5:20-21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:Psalm 86:15But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.Exodus 34:6-7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,Ephesians 1:8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;Jonah 4:2And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;Ephesians 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
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