New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 145:8
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
6Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And I will tell of Your greatness. 7They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. 9The Lord is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works. 10All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord, And Your godly ones shall bless You.
Read all of Psalms 145Psalms 145:8 word by word
חַנּ֣וּן וְרַח֣וּם יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֥רֶךְ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם וּגְדָל־חָֽסֶד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 145:8
- Psalms 86:5For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
- Psalms 100:5For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
- Psalms 116:5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.
- Exodus 34:6Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;
- Numbers 14:18‘The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’
- Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;
- Jonah 4:2He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.
- Romans 5:20The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
- Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
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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