Psalms 103:8
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
KJV
Ascendunt montes, et descendunt campi, in locum quem fundasti eis.
Vulgate
ἀναβαίνουσιν ὄρη, καὶ καταβαίνουσιν πεδία εἰς τόπον ὃν ἐθεμελίωσας αὐτοῖς·
LXX
Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
ASV
רַח֣וּם וְ/חַנּ֣וּן יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֖רֶךְ אַפַּ֣יִם וְ/רַב חָֽסֶד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֥רֶךְ
'rk
adjective · 15×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
חַנּ֣וּן
chnvn
adjective · 13×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
רַח֣וּם
rchvm
adjective · 13×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Jas 5:11 · adapted"Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."Psalm 103: the Lord is compassionate and merciful — James on patience
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 24:14 — And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
- Deut 5:10 — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
- Eph 1:7 — In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- Eph 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- Exod 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Exod 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Isa 48:9 — For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
- Isa 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Jas 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Jas 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Jer 32:18 — Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
- 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.
- 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 me
- Lam 3:31 — For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
- Mal 3:17 — And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
- Mic 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Nah 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.
- Nah 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.
- Neh 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God
- Neh 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God
- Neh 9:31 — Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
- Num 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and four
- Num 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and four
- Prov 16:32 — He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
- Ps 62:12 — Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
- Ps 86:5 — For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
- Ps 86:5 — For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
- Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Ps 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- Ps 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- Ps 111:4 — He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
- Ps 116:5 — Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
- Ps 130:7 — Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
- Ps 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
- Ps 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
- Rom 5:20 — Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: