Psalms 145:8

The Lord enlightens the blind. The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. The Lord loves the just.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7He preserves the truth forever. He executes judgment for those who suffer injury. He provides food for the hungry. The Lord releases those who are bound.

9The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:18‘The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.’

Psalms 103:8The mountains ascend, and the plains descend, to the place which you have founded for them.

Daniel 9:9But to you, the Lord our God, is mercy and atonement, for we have withdrawn from you,

Micah 7:18What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.

Ephesians 1:6for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has gifted us in his beloved Son.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 145:2-10

Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy… Read the whole commentary →

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