Psalms 116:5
The Lord is mercifull and righteous, and our God is full of compassion.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
In Context
4Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliuer my soule.
6The Lord preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6So the Lord passed before his face, and cried, The Lord, the Lord, strong, mercifull, and gracious, slowe to anger, and abundant in goodnesse and trueth,
Nehemiah 9:8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a couenant with him, to giue vnto his seede the lande of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, and Perizzites, and Iebusites, and Girgashites, and hast performed thy wordes, because thou art iust.
Nehemiah 9:31Yet for thy great mercies thou hast not consumed them, neither forsaken them: for thou art a gracious and mercifull God.
Psalms 86:5For thou, Lord, art good and mercifull, and of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.
Psalms 103:8The Lord is full of compassion and mercie, slowe to anger and of great kindnesse.
Psalms 115:1Not vnto vs, O Lord, not vnto vs, but vnto thy Name giue the glorie, for thy louing mercie and for thy truethes sake.
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 →