Parallel Verses
Amplified
But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.
New American Standard Bible
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and
King James Version
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Holman Bible
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.
International Standard Version
But you, Lord, are a compassionate God, merciful and patient, with unending gracious love and faithfulness.
A Conservative Version
But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
American Standard Version
But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
Darby Translation
But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou, O Jehovah, art a God compassionate and merciful, and slow to anger and great of mercy and truth.
King James 2000
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.
Modern King James verseion
But You, O God, are God full of pity, and gracious, long-suffering, and rich in mercy and truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But thou, O LORD God, art full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.
NET Bible
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
New Heart English Bible
But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
The Emphasized Bible
But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness.
Webster
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious; long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.
World English Bible
But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Thou, O Lord, art God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
Themes
Compassion » Of Christ » Of God
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
God » Examples of Leadership » Compassion of
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Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 86:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament And Petition
14
O God, arrogant and insolent men have risen up against me;
A band of violent men have sought my life,
And they have not set You before them.
But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.
Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:17
“They refused to listen and obey,
And did not remember Your wondrous acts which You had performed among them;
So they stiffened their necks and [in their rebellion] appointed a leader in order to return them to slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and merciful and compassionate,
And You did not abandon them.
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 103:8
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in compassion and lovingkindness.
Psalm 111:4
He has made His wonderful acts to be remembered;
The Lord is gracious and merciful and full of loving compassion.
Joel 2:13
Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.”
Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people];
And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].
Exodus 31:6-7
And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; to all who are wise-hearted I have given the skill and ability to make everything that I have commanded you:
Psalm 85:10
Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together;
Righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Psalm 98:3
He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.
Psalm 130:4
But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared and worshiped [with submissive wonder].
Psalm 130:7
O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
Psalm 145:8
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Micah 7:18
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.
John 1:17
For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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,
Romans 15:8-9
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant and a minister to the circumcision (Jews) on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm and verify the promises made to the fathers,
Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace
Ephesians 2:4-7
But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,