Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.
Remember, Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they are from everlasting.
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.
Voices4
"Remember." Here he asks for the forgiveness of sins, etc. Here he does two things. First, he presents the petition in general. Second, he explains it in detail, at "The sins." In general, however, he asks for mercy. This properly regards misery. The greatest misery …
Thomas Aquinas· Exposition on the Psalms of David, 1274patristic
Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Entire Bible, 1771reformed
Ver. 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses. We are usually tempted in seasons of affliction to fear that our God has forgotten us, or forgotten his usual kindness towards us; hence the soul doth as it were put the Lord in remembrance, and beseech him to recollect those deeds of love which once he wrought towards it. There is a holy boldness which ventures thus to deal with the Most High, let us cultivate it; but there is also an unholy unbelief which suggests our fears, let us strive against it with all our might.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David, 1892reformed
An express petition for mercy, (1.) That he might be acquitted from guilt: " Remember not the sins of my youth; that is, remember them not against me, lay them not to my charge, enter not into judgment with me for them." When God pardons sin he is said to remember it no more, which denotes a plenary remission; he forgives and forgets.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page, and every stop travels with its words.
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Colossians 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
We love because He first loved us.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
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but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
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2 Corinthians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
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The verses this one reaches12
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
28 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
Genesis2
Exodus1
2 Chronicles1
Nehemiah2
Psalms13
Isaiah3
Luke2
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; OpenBible.info (CC-BY).