Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. New Living Translation The LORD is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. English Standard Version The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Berean Standard Bible The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. King James Bible The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. New King James Version The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. New American Standard Bible The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy. NASB 1995 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. NASB 1977 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. Amplified Bible The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in compassion and lovingkindness. Christian Standard Bible The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in faithful love. American Standard Version Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness. Contemporary English Version The LORD is merciful! He is kind and patient, and his love never fails. English Revised Version The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD is compassionate, merciful, patient, and always ready to forgive. Good News Translation The LORD is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love. International Standard Version The LORD is compassionate and gracious, patient, and abundantly rich in gracious love. Majority Standard Bible The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. NET Bible The LORD is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love. New Heart English Bible The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. World English Bible Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH [is] merciful and gracious, "" Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. Young's Literal Translation Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah being compassionate and merciful, slow to anger and great of mercy. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger, abounding in mercy. New Revised Standard Version The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated LORD JEHOVAH is compassionate and cherishing; he is patient and his grace is abundant. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bless the LORD, O My Soul…7He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. 9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.… Cross References Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, Numbers 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.’ Nehemiah 9:17 They 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. Joel 2:13 So 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. Jonah 4:2 So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster. Micah 7:18 Who 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? Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. Psalm 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness. Psalm 145:8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Ephesians 2:4-5 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! James 5:11 See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. Treasury of Scripture The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. merciful Psalm 86:5,15 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee… Psalm 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. Psalm 145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. slow Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Jonah 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. plenteous in mercy. Jump to Previous Abounding Abundant Anger Angry Compassion Compassionate Full Gracious Kind Kindness Loving Loving-Kindness Merciful Mercy Pity Plenteous Quickly Ready Slow SteadfastJump to Next Abounding Abundant Anger Angry Compassion Compassionate Full Gracious Kind Kindness Loving Loving-Kindness Merciful Mercy Pity Plenteous Quickly Ready Slow SteadfastPsalm 103 1. An exhortation to bless God for his mercy5. And for the constancy thereof The LORD The term "LORD" in this verse is derived from the Hebrew name "Yahweh," which is the personal name of God revealed to Moses in the burning bush (Exodus 3:14). This name signifies God's eternal existence and His covenantal faithfulness to His people. In the context of Psalm 103, it emphasizes the personal and relational nature of God, who is intimately involved in the lives of His people. Yahweh is not a distant deity but one who is actively engaged in the world and in the lives of individuals. is compassionate and gracious slow to anger abounding in loving devotion Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is compassionate רַח֣וּם (ra·ḥūm) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7349: Compassionate and gracious, וְחַנּ֣וּן (wə·ḥan·nūn) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2587: Gracious slow אֶ֖רֶךְ (’e·reḵ) Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 750: Long to anger, אַפַּ֣יִם (’ap·pa·yim) Noun - md Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire abounding וְרַב־ (wə·raḇ-) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 7227: Much, many, great in loving devotion. חָֽסֶד׃ (ḥā·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty Links Psalm 103:8 NIVPsalm 103:8 NLT Psalm 103:8 ESV Psalm 103:8 NASB Psalm 103:8 KJV Psalm 103:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 103:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 103:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 103:8 French Bible Psalm 103:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 103:8 Yahweh is merciful and gracious slow (Psalm Ps Psa.) |