The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.
The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
The Lord is gracious - His holy nature is ever disposed to show favor.
Full of compassion - Wherever he sees misery, his eye affects his heart.
Slow to anger - When there is even the greatest provocation.
Of great mercy - Great in his abundant mercy. These four things give us a wonderful display of the goodness of the Divine nature.
The 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 it may be displayed; great, in the completeness with which sin is pardoned - pardoned so as to be remembered no more.