English Standard Version
Psalms 116:5
5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.
Psalms 116:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.
- New Living Translation (NLT)How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!
Context of Psalms 116:5
3The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. 4Then I called on the name of the Lord: "O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!" Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. 6The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. 7Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:5 word by word
חַנּ֣וּן יְהֹוָ֣ה וְצַדִּ֑יק וֵ֖אלֹהֵ֣ינוּ מְרַחֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 116:5
- Psalms 86:5For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
- Psalms 115:1Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
- Psalms 145:8The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Exodus 34:6The 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,
- Nehemiah 9:17They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader 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 did not forsake them.
- Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
- Romans 5:20Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
- Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
- 1 Timothy 1:14and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- Psalms 119:137Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules.
- Psalms 145:4One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
- Ezra 9:15O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
- Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
Commentaries on Psalms 116:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Gracious is the Lord - In his own nature. And righteous - In all his dealings with men. Our God is merciful - Of tender compassion to all penitents.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Gracious is the Lord - This fact was his encouragement when he called on God. He believed that God was a gracious Being, and he found him to be so. Compare the notes at Hebrews 11:6. And righteous - Just; true; faithful. This, too, is a proper foundation of appeal to God: not that we are righteous, and have a claim to his favor, but that he is a Being who will do what is right; that is, what is best to be done in the case. If he were an unjust Being; if…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The gracious, righteous, and compassionate Lord (see Psalm 111:1–5) rescued and gave rest to the psalmist.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The relief which he asked is the result not of his merit, but of God's known pity and tenderness, which is acknowledged in assuring himself (his "soul," Psa 11:1; 16:10) of rest and peace. All calamities [Psa 116:8] are represented by death, tears, and falling of the feet (Psa 56:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 116
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- 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
- 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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