Parallel Verses

Amplified


The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord is gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

King James Version

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Holman Bible

The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.

International Standard Version

Gracious and merciful is the LORD, slow to become angry, and overflowing with gracious love.

A Conservative Version

LORD is gracious, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah is compassionate and merciful; slow to anger, and great of mercy.

King James 2000

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh [is] gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger} and great in loyal love.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is gracious and full of pity; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD is gracious and merciful, long-suffering and of great goodness.

NET Bible

The Lord is merciful and compassionate; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

The Emphasized Bible

Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh, - slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

Webster

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

World English Bible

Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

Youngs Literal Translation

Gracious and merciful is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 145:8

References

Prayers for Psalm 145:8

Context Readings

Praising God's Greatness

7
They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness
And will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
8 
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9
The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].


Cross References

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving wickedness and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting (avenging) the wickedness and guilt of the fathers on the children, to the third and fourth generations [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers].’

Psalm 86:5


For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever];
And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Psalm 86:15


But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.

Exodus 34:6-7

Then the Lord passed by in front of him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth (faithfulness);

Psalm 100:5


For the Lord is good;
His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.

Psalm 103:8


The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in compassion and lovingkindness.

Psalm 116:5


Gracious is the Lord, and [consistently] righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I ran to Tarshish, because I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and great in lovingkindness, and [when sinners turn to You] You revoke the [sentence of] disaster [against them].

Micah 7:18-20


Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and lovingkindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

Romans 5:20-21

But the Law came to increase and expand [the awareness of] the trespass [by defining and unmasking sin]. But where sin increased, [God’s remarkable, gracious gift of] grace [His unmerited favor] has surpassed it and increased all the more,

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace and favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ].

Ephesians 1:8

which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and understanding [with practical insight]

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,

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