Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Holman Bible

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
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.

Amplified


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

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Context Readings

Lament And Petition

14 O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. 15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

Numbers 14:18

'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, 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 generation.'

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Psalm 103:8

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Psalm 111:4

He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful.

Joel 2:13

and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.

Exodus 31:6-7

And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

Psalm 85:10

Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Psalm 98:3

He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psalm 130:4

But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.

Psalm 145:8

The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:20-21

Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Romans 15:8-9

For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Ephesians 2:4-7

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

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