Psalms 103:8 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 103:8

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

KJV

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ASV

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

WEB

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

YLT

Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

DBT

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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33 verses on the floor

Exodus 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,
Psalms 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
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.
Psalms 145:8
The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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.

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6, 7 ), in answer to Moses's request ( ch. xxxiii. 13 ), I beseech thee, show me thy way, that I may know thee. It is my way, says God, to pardon sin. [1.] He is not soon angry,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He bears long with those that are very provoking, defers punishing, that he may give space to repent, and does not speedily execute the sentence of his law; and he could not be thus slow to anger if he were not plenteous in mercy, the very Father of mercies. [2.] He is not long angry; for (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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PSA 103:8JOE 2:13 EXO 34:6-7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 103:8JOE 2:13 PSA 86:15
PSA 103:8PSA 145:8 PSA 86:5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 103:8PSA 86:15 PSA 145:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 103:8JOE 2:13 PSA 34:18
PSA 103:8PSA 86:15 EPH 2:4-7
PSA 103:8JOE 2:13 ISA 57:15
PSA 103:8PSA 145:8 NUM 14:18

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