Psalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
In Context
7They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
Cross References
Numbers 14:18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
Psalms 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, by which He has bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved One.
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 →