Psalms 116:5
Gracious [is] Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God [is] merciful,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
In Context
4And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,
6A preserver of the simple [is] Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: 'Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
Nehemiah 9:8and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give [it] to his seed. 'And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou [art] righteous,
Nehemiah 9:31and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, [art] Thou.
Psalms 86:5For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
Psalms 103:8Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
Psalms 115:1Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.
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 →