Psalm 51:1-19 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness… God's kindness is more than ordinary, and more than extraordinary; it must be called "loving." The kindness is loving, and the love is kind. There is no love like His, no kindness like His. All kind. hess but this, if you use it often, wears out. However great the kindness of a neighbour be, if you keep daily drawing upon it you will soon exhaust it. The kindness of a friend has limits which are soon reached and passed, The kindness of a father or a mother — for that is the kindest that this world possesses — that, even that, has its limits. God's kindness is loving. It is the strong band of love that makes it so long and so lasting. You cannot break that cord, it is so fine and yet so strong. (T. Alexander, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. |
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