Psalm 116:5

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Summary

Psalm 116:5

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Gracious

And righteous

General references

Psalm 107:13

Matthew 5:4

Bible References

Gracious

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

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

Light shines in the darkness for the upright.
He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to Your name give glory
because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth.

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

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

They refused to listen
and did not remember Your wonders
You performed among them.
They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader
to return to their slavery in Egypt.

But You are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love,
and You did not abandon them.

Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against Him

The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more

to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,

And the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love
for mankind appeared,

And righteous

צ TsadeYou are righteous, Lord,
and Your judgments are just.

One generation will declare Your works to the next
and will proclaim Your mighty acts.

Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before You with our guilt, though no one can stand in Your presence because of this.

You found his heart faithful in Your sight,
and made a covenant with him
to give the land of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Jebusites, and Girgashites—
to give it to his descendants.
You have kept Your promise,
for You are righteous.

Speak up and present your case

—

yes, let them take counsel together.
Who predicted this long ago?
Who announced it from ancient times?
Was it not I, Yahweh?
There is no other God but Me,
a righteous God and Savior;
there is no one except Me.

Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You.

God presented Him as a propitiation

through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

General references

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

Those who mourn are blessed,

for they will be comforted.