Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but let me not fall into human hands.”
Psalm 86:15 - New Revised Standard Version But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness and truth. American Standard Version (1901) But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth. Common English Bible But you, my Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy; you are very patient and full of faithful love. |
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but let me not fall into human hands.”
they refused to obey, and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them; but they stiffened their necks and determined to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and you did not forsake them.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds; the Lord is gracious and merciful.
O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem.
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
The Lord passed before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing.
He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing.
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency.
‘The Lord is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children to the third and the fourth generation.’
The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace