Psalms 116:5
Yahweh is merciful and fair; 1 our God is compassionate. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 Yahweh: 1 “Please Yahweh, rescue my life.” 1
6Yahweh protects the naive; 1 I was brought low, and he saved me. 1
Cross References
Exodus 34:6Yahweh passed by before him and proclaimed, “Yahweh, Yahweh, God is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness,
Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart was faithful before you, and you made with him the covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.
Nehemiah 9:31But in your great mercies you did not make a complete end of them, or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
Psalms 86:5You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, 1 and you show great mercy to all those who cry out to you. 1
Psalms 103:8Yahweh is merciful and gracious; 1 he is patient; he has great covenant loyalty. 1
Psalms 115:1Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, 1 but to your name bring honor, 1 for your covenant faithfulness and for your trustworthiness. 1
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 →