Reference: Lovingkindness
Hastings
Two ideas are blended in this expressive word; it denotes kindness which springs from the loyalty of love. It is the frequent tr (30 times in the AV, 42 times in the RV) of the Heb. word chesedh, which G. A. Smith renders 'leal love' (Book of the Twelve Prophets, i. 243 n). The English Version most frequently tr chesedh 'mercy' and not seldom 'kindness.' The Amer. RV gives 'lovingkindness' uniformly when the reference is to God's love to man. The adoption of this helpful suggestion would bring out the connexion between 'lovingkindness' as a fundamental attribute of the Divine nature (Ex 34:6 f. etc.), its poetic personification (Ps 42:8; 57:3; 89:14), and the appeal to God to be true to Himself,
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And Jehovah passed by before him and proclaimed, Jehovah! Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Return, O Jehovah, return; deliver my soul; save me for Your mercy's sake.
Jehovah will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, my prayer to the God of my life.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for the sake of Your mercy.
He shall send from Heaven, and save me from the scorn of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth shall go before Your face.
Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and for Your truth's sake.
Bow down your ear, and come to Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
It is by Jehovah's kindnesses that we are not destroyed, because His mercies never fail.