Psalms 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
In Context
4Then I called 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 helped me.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
Nehemiah 9:8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him, to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it , I say , to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Nehemiah 9:31Nevertheless, for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Psalms 86:5For thou, LORD, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee.
Psalms 103:8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to 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 →