Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;

He said, “O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham.

now may it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and who answers, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels also’—may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master.”

He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master’s brothers.”

I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

“In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed;
In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.

but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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;

who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

“Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers.

If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the Lord, that I may not die?

You shall not cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”

Now may the Lord show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.

but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

“He is a tower of deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.”

Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

He said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart,

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because His lovingkindness is everlasting.

I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

Solomon said to God, “You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and have made me king in his place.

in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord saying, “He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,” then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

He said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart;

“O Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David.”

All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, “Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the instruments of music to the Lord, which King David had made for giving praise to the Lord—“for His lovingkindness is everlasting”—whenever he gave praise by their means, while the priests on the other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing.

When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the Lord and those who praised Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, “Give thanks to the Lord, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

They sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

and has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of the Lord my God upon me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

I said, “I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

“They refused to listen,
And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.

“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness,
Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,
Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,
From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come as gatekeepers to sanctify the sabbath day. For this also remember me, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness.

‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

“Whether for correction, or for His world,
Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.

But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.

Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.

But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

Wondrously show Your lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.

He gives great deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.

For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked in Your truth.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,

Make Your face to shine upon Your servant;
Save me in Your lovingkindness.

Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him.

He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope for His lovingkindness,

Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,
According as we have hoped in You.

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer to the God of my life.

Rise up, be our help,
And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

He will send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah.
God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.

For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens
And Your truth to the clouds.

My God in His lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;
Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

O my strength, I will sing praises to You;
For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

He will abide before God forever;
Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him.

And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord,
For You recompense a man according to his work.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.

Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer
Nor His lovingkindness from me.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable time;
O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with Your saving truth.

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?
Has His promise come to an end forever?

Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord,
And grant us Your salvation.

Lovingkindness and truth have met together;
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

“My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his horn will be exalted.

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

“But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning
And Your faithfulness by night,

If I should say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.

He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

For the Lord is good;
His lovingkindness is everlasting
And His faithfulness to all generations.

A Psalm of David.
I will sing of lovingkindness and justice,
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;

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