Psalm 86:15 {85:15}
Good News Translation
But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.

New Revised Standard Version
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Contemporary English Version
But you, the Lord God, are kind and merciful. You don't easily get angry, and your love can always be trusted.

New American Bible
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in mercy and truth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

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Psalm 86:5 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

Psalm 111:4 He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord:

Psalm 130:4,7 For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word: . . .

Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

Exodus 31:6,7 And I have given him for his companion Ooliab, the son of Achisamech, of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the heart of every skilful man, that they may make all things which I have commanded thee, . . .

Numbers 14:18 The Lord is patient and full of mercy, by taking away iniquity and wickedness, and leaving no man clear, who visitest the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Nehemiah 9:17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.

Joel 2:13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Micah 7:18 Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.

Romans 5:20,21 Now the law entered in that sin might abound. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound. . . .

Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his, grace,

Ephesians 2:4-7 But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us . . .

mercy

Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

Psalm 98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:8,9 For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: . . .

Context
Tried But Trusting
14O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes. 15And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.16O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.…
Cross References
Exodus 34:6
And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,

Psalm 86:5
For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

Psalm 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

Psalm 111:4
He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord:

Psalm 116:5
The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

Psalm 145:8
The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

Ecclesiastes 8:11
For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.

Isaiah 63:7
I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us, and for the multitude of his good things to the house of Israel, which he hath given them according to his kindness, and according to the multitude of his mercies.

Jeremiah 3:12
Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.

Jonah 4:2
And Jonah was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:

Psalm 86:14
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