Psalms 116:5
Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and, our God, is full of compassion.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
In Context
4But, on the Name of Yahweh, I called—I beseech thee, Yahweh, deliver my soul.
6Yahweh, preserveth the simple, I was brought low, when, to me, he granted salvation.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6So Yahweh passed before him, and proclaimed,—Yahweh, Yahweh, A God of compassion and favour,—Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and faithfulness:
Nehemiah 9:8and didst find his heart faithful before thee, and didst solemnize with him a covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite,—to give it unto his seed,—and didst confirm thy words, for, righteous, thou art.
Nehemiah 9:31Yet, in thine abounding compassions, thou didst not make of them an end, neither didst thou forsake them,—for, a GOD gracious and full of compassion, thou art.
Psalms 86:5For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.
Psalms 103:8Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,—Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.
Psalms 115:1Not unto us, O Yahweh, not unto us,—but, unto thine own Name, give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy 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 →