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 thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth's sake.

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

And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, 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 abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

And righteous

TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.

and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;

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 unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.