Psalms 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
In Context
4Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
6The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth;
Nehemiah 9:8and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, even to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.
Nehemiah 9:31Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Psalms 86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalms 103:8The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalms 115:1Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s 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 →