Psalms 103:8
Merciful and gracious is the Lord, long-suffering and abundant in kindness.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
In Context
7He made known his ways unto Moses, unto the children of Israel his acts.
9Not for all eternity will he contend; nor will he for ever retain his anger.
Cross References
Numbers 14:18The Eternal is long-suffering, and abundant in beneficence, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Nehemiah 9:17And they refused to obey, and remembered not thy marvelous deeds which thou hadst done with them; but they hardened their neck, and [spoke of] appointing a chief to return to their bondage, in their rebellion; but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and forsookest them not.
Psalms 86:5For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.
Psalms 130:7Let Israel wait for the Lord; for with the Lord there is kindness, and with him is redemption in abundance;
Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of unrighteousness his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and unto our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Joel 2:13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and return unto the Lord your God; for gracious and merciful is he, long suffering, and of great kindness, and he bethinketh himself 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 →