Psalms 103:8
They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which you have founded for them. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
In Context
7At your rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of your thunder they shall be alarmed. 1
9You have set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth. 1
Cross References
Numbers 14:18The Lord is longsuffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
Nehemiah 9:17and refused to listen, and remembered not your wonders which you wrought with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but you, O God, are merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy, and you did not forsake them.
Psalms 86:5A man shall say, Sion is my mother; and such a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her. 1
Isaiah 55:7let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
Joel 2:13and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy, and repents of evils.
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 →