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, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before them. 15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
16 O look into me and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy slave and keep the son of thine handmaid.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17

and refused to hear; neither did they remember thy wonders that thou hadst done among them, but hardened their necks and in their rebellion thought to appoint a leader to return to their bondage; but thou art a God of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great mercy, for thou didst not leave them.

Numbers 14:18

The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, letting go of iniquity and transgression and absolving, but by no means absolving the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generations.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.

Psalm 103:8

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Psalm 111:4

Zain He has made his wonderful works to be remembered; Cheth The LORD is gracious and merciful.

Joel 2:13

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in mercy, and he does repent of chastisement.

Exodus 31:6-7

And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the desire of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom that they may make all that I have commanded thee:

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Psalm 98:3

He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the saving health of our God.

Psalm 130:4

Therefore there is forgiveness close to thee, that thou may be feared.

Psalm 130:7

Let Israel wait for the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy and plenteous redemption close to him.

Psalm 145:8

Cheth The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like unto thee that pardons iniquity, and passes over the rebellion with the remnant of his heritage? He did not retain his anger for ever because he delights in mercy.

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth of God came through Jesus, the Christ.

Romans 5:20-21

Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,

Romans 15:8-9

Now I say that Christ Jesus, was a minister of the circumcision, by the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers;

Ephesians 1:7

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,

Ephesians 2:4-7

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,

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