Psalms 103:8
The ford is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
In Context
7He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.
9He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.
Cross References
Numbers 14:18The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and leaving no man clear, who visitest the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Nehemiah 9:17And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.
Psalms 86:5For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
Psalms 130:7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.
Joel 2:13And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 103:7-19
Goodness and Compassion of God. 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. 8 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. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As… Read the whole commentary →