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Psalms 103:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,—Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The Lord is full of compassion and mercie, slowe to anger and of great kindnesse.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The LORD [is] mercifull and gracious: slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Yahweh [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
[is] merciful 7349
{7349} Prime
רַחוּם
rachuwm
{rakh-oom'}
From H7355; compassionate.
and gracious, 2587
{2587} Prime
חַנּוּן
channuwn
{khan-noon'}
From H2603; gracious.
slow 750
{0750} Prime
אָרֵךְ
'arek
{aw-rake'}
From H0748; long.
to anger, 639
{0639} Prime
אַף
'aph
{af}
From H0599; properly the nose or nostril; hence the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire.
and plenteous 7227
{7227} Prime
רַב
rab
{rab}
By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
in mercy. 2617
{2617} Prime
חֶסֶד
checed
{kheh'-sed}
From H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 103:8-10

_ _ God’s benevolence implies no merit. He shows it to sinners, who also are chastened for a time (Exodus 34:6).

_ _ keep (anger) — in Leviticus 19:18, bear a grudge (Jeremiah 3:5, Jeremiah 3:12).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 103:6-18.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
merciful:

Psalms 86:5 For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalms 86:15 But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalms 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.
Psalms 145:8 The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Exodus 34:6-7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, ... Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
Numbers 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 fourth [generation].
Deuteronomy 5:10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Nehemiah 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 ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Isaiah 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.
Jeremiah 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,
Romans 5:20-21 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: ... That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 1:7-8 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; ... Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

slow:

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 merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Nahum 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.

plenteous in mercy:
Heb. great of mercy
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 34:6. Nu 14:18. Dt 5:10. Ne 9:17. Ps 86:5, 15; 130:7; 145:8. Is 55:7. Jr 32:18. Jol 2:13. Jna 4:2. Na 1:3. Ro 5:20. Ep 1:7.

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