But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Parallel translations
- WEB But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- KJV But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- NKJV But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
- NASB But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, Slow to anger and abundant in mercy and truth.
- NLT But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
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Quick answer
In contrast to his enemies, David appeals to God as merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in love and truth. God's revealed character is David's confidence.
Overview
This verse directly quotes God's self-description to Moses, anchoring David's hope in God's covenant character against his foes. Unlike the proud who disregard God, the LORD is full of mercy and faithfulness. This same compassionate God is fully revealed in Christ, who is the truth and the embodiment of grace.
Cross-references & the web
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- Eph 2:4–7But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Ps 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
- Ps 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
- Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Ps 145:8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
- Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
- Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
- Neh 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
- Ps 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
- Ps 111:4He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
- Mic 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Num 14:18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
- Ps 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Ps 130:4But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
- Rom 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Exod 31:6–7Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Rom 15:8–9For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
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