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Psalms 145:8
8How very kind the Lord is! He is very patient and his faithful love continues.
Psalms 145:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy.
Context of Psalms 145:8
6Famous are the powerful things that you have done. People will talk about them. I also will speak about the great things that you do. 7Good things are what everybody will remember about you. They will sing about your justice. How very kind the Lord is! He is very patient and his faithful love continues. 9It is the Lord who takes care of everybody. He is kind to everything that he has made. 10Join together to thank the Lord! Everything that he has made will praise him. Your own people will praise you, Lord!
Read all of Psalms 145Psalms 145:8 word by word
חַנּ֣וּן וְרַח֣וּם יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֥רֶךְ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם וּגְדָל־חָֽסֶד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 145:8
- Psalms 86:5Yes, my Lord, you are very kind, and you are ready to forgive people. When anyone calls to you for help, you love them with your faithful love.
- Psalms 100:5Yes, the Lord is good. He always loves us as his people. He always does what he has promised to us and to our descendants for ever.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is kind to people and he forgives them. He is slow to get angry and his love always continues.
- Psalms 116:5The Lord is kind and fair. Yes, our God is very kind.
- Exodus 34:6The Lord passed in front of Moses. He said in a loud voice, ‘I am the Lord! The Lord! I am kind to people and I forgive them. I do not quickly become angry. My faithful love for my people continues for ever, and I am always faithful.
- Numbers 14:18“The Lord does not quickly become angry. His faithful love for his people continues for ever. He forgives people when they turn against him and they do bad things. But if someone is guilty, he surely punishes them. And he punishes their children, their grandchildren and their grandchildren's children.”
- Daniel 9:9Our Lord God, we have turned against you. But you are kind and you forgive people.
- Jonah 4:2He prayed to the Lord. He said, ‘Lord, this is what I thought would happen when I was still at home. So I decided to run away to Tarshish, so that you could not be kind to the people of Nineveh. I know that you are a God who is very kind and you forgive people. You do not become angry quickly. You always show your faithful love for people. Even when you have said that you will punish people, you decide that you will not do it.
- Micah 7:18No other god is like you. You chose us to be your people. And you decide not to remember what we have done wrong. Not many of your people remain and we have done bad things. But you choose to forget those bad things. You will not always be angry, because you want very much to be kind.
- Romans 5:20God gave his Law to Moses to show more clearly that people were doing wrong things. But when people did more and more wrong things, God continued to be kind in more and more ways.
- Ephesians 1:6As a result, we praise him, because he is great and he has been so kind to us. He has given us so much because of his Son, whom he loves very much.
- Ephesians 2:4But God is very good and kind! He loved us very much.
Commentaries on Psalms 145:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The Lord is gracious - See Psalm 86:5, note; Psalm 86:15, note. And full of compassion - Kind; compassionate; ready to do good. See the notes at Psalm 103:8. Slow to anger - See Psalm 103:8, where the same expression occurs. And of great mercy - Margin, great in mercy. His greatness is shown in his mercy; and the manifestation of that mercy is great: great, as on a large scale; great, as manifested toward great sinners; great, in the sacrifice made that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9God consistently demonstrates his character toward all his creation (see Psalm 136:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. (Compare Psa 103:8; 111:4). over all, &c.--rests on all His works.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 145
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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