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.

References

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Context Readings

Lament And Petition

14 O God, arrogant people attack me, and a mob of ruthless people seeks my life. They think nothing of you. 15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
16 Turn toward me, have pity and be gracious to me. Give me your strength because I am your servant. Save me because I am the son of your female servant.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17

They would not obey you and gave no thought to the wonders you did among them. They became stubborn and turning away from you. They appointed a leader over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt. However, you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

Numbers 14:18

Jehovah is patient, forever loving; He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience. He never lets the guilty go unpunished. In fact he punishes children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation.

Psalm 86:5

You, O Jehovah, are good and forgiving, full of loving kindness toward everyone who calls out to you.

Psalm 103:8

Jehovah is merciful and gracious. He is slow to anger, and rich in loving-kindness.

Psalm 111:4

He has made his miracles unforgettable. Jehovah is gracious and compassionate.

Joel 2:13

Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm.

Exodus 31:6-7

I also appointed Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to help him. I have given every craftsman the skill necessary to make what I have commanded you:

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and truth have met. Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Psalm 98:3

He remembered his loving kindness and faithfulness to Israel's descendants. All the ends of the earth have seen how our God saves them.

Psalm 130:4

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

Psalm 130:7

O Israel hope in Jehovah! For with Jehovah there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.

Psalm 145:8

Jehovah is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in loving-kindness.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).

John 1:17

The law came through Moses. Loving-kindness and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:20-21

The law came that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased God's loving kindness increased even more.

Romans 15:8-9

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcised for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers.

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have our 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 his great love with which he loved us,

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