Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you.

A Conservative Version

For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever];
And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Darby Translation

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

Julia Smith Translation

For thou, O Jehovah, art good and forgiving, and great of mercy to all calling to thee.

King James 2000

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For you, O Lord, [are] good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.

Modern King James verseion

For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and rich in mercy to all those who call on You.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For thou, LORD, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

NET Bible

Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

New Heart English Bible

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

The Emphasized Bible

For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.

Webster

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee.

World English Bible

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

Youngs Literal Translation

For Thou, Lord, art good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

Lament And Petition

4 Rejoice the soul of thy slave, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications.


Cross References

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 34:6

And as the LORD passed by before him, he proclaimed, I AM, I AM strong, merciful, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth,

Psalm 103:8

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

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.

Psalm 25:8

Cheth Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way.

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 145:8-9

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

Psalm 145:18

Koph The LORD is near unto all those that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Psalm 86:15

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

Psalm 119:68

Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me, and I will answer thee and show thee great and difficult things, which thou dost not know.

Ezekiel 36:33

Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities. I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be built.

Ezekiel 36:37

Thus hath the Lord GOD said; I will yet be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will multiply men like flocks.

Daniel 9:9

Of the Lord our God is the ability to have mercy and to forgive, even though we have rebelled against him

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto the LORD and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was this not what I said when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee unto Tarshish, for I knew that thou art a gracious God and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy, and dost repent when thou art come to take punishment.

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.

Luke 11:9-10

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Acts 2:21

and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Romans 5:20-21

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

Romans 10:12-13

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

Ephesians 1:6-8

to the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved;

Ephesians 2:4

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

1 John 4:8-9

He that does not love does not know God, for God is charity.

Psalm 36:7

How excellent is thy mercy, O God! therefore the sons of Adam cover themselves in the shadow of thy wings.

Psalm 52:1

Why dost thou boast of evil, O strong man? The mercy of God is day by day.

Psalm 69:16

Hear me, O LORD, for thy mercy is perceptible, look upon me according to the multitude of thy acts of compassion

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