Psalms 116:5
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
In Context
4Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
Nehemiah 9:31But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 116:2-10
Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the Lord , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord , I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped… Read the whole commentary →