Psalms 116:5 · KJV
“Gracious {is} the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God {is} merciful.”
— Psalms 116:5
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Psalms 116 — Context
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}
4Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5Gracious {is} the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God {is} merciful.
6The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Cross References
Psalms 103:8
The LORD {is} merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. {plentious...: Heb. great in mercy}
Psalms 145:17
The LORD {is} righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. {holy: or, merciful, or, bountiful}
Psalms 119:137
TZADDI. Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, and upright {are} thy judgments.
Ezra 9:15
O LORD God of Israel, thou {art} righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as {it is} this day: behold, we {are} before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Psalms 86:15
But thou, O Lord, {art} a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Nehemiah 9:8
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give {it, I say}, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou {art} righteous:
1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:6-8
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.