KJV King James Version
But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
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Psalm 86:15
But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
WEB World English Bible
But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
ASV American Standard Version
But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Thou, O Lord, art God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 86
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
13 For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
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Ephesians 2:4-7But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,Psalm 130:7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.Psalm 103:8The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.Ephesians 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;Psalm 145:8The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.Psalm 86:5For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.Nehemiah 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.Joel 2:13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.Psalm 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].Micah 7:18Who [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.Psalm 111:4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD [is] gracious and full of compassion.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 98:3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.Psalm 130:4But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.Romans 5:20-21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:Exodus 31:6-7And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.Romans 15:8-9Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:
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