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Psalms 103:8

Mercy and compassionGraceGod's lovePatience

6 The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

7 He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

9 He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.

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BSB
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
KJV
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
WEB
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
ASV
Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
DARBY
Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
BLB
Compassionate and gracious [is] YHWH, slow [to] anger and abounding [in] loving devotion.
ÅB
Herren er barmhjertig og nådig, langmodig og rik på miskunnhet.
OTB
Herren er barmhjertig og nådig,
Sen til vrede og rik på miskunn.
B1930
Herren er barmhjertig og nådig, langmodig og rik på miskunnhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 86:15

    But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

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  • Joel 2:13

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

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  • Exodus 34:6–7

    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

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  • Psalms 145:8

    The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

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  • Nahum 1:3

    The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

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  • Psalms 86:5

    For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

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  • Ephesians 1:7–8

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

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  • Numbers 14:18

    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

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