Psalms 103:8
6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Read in contextJoel 2:13
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Read in contextExodus 34:6–7
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Read in contextPsalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Read in contextNahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Read in contextPsalms 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Read in contextEphesians 1:7–8
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Read in contextNumbers 14:18
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
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