Psalms 116:5

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord is gracious and righteous;our God is compassionate.

Hebrew Names Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

King James Version
Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

English Standard Version
Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; our God is merciful.

New Century Version
The Lord is kind and does what is right; our God is merciful.

New English Translation
The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

Amplified Bible
Gracious is the LORD, and [consistently] righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

New American Standard Bible
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

World English Bible
Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde is mercifull and righteous, and our God is full of compassion.

Legacy Standard Bible
Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous;And our God is compassionate.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

Contemporary English Version
You are kind, Lord , so good and merciful.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai is merciful and righteous; yes, our God is compassionate.

Darby Translation
Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord is good and merciful; our God is so kind.

George Lamsa Translation
Thou art merciful, O LORD, and righteous; O God, thou art merciful.

Good News Translation
The Lord is merciful and good; our God is compassionate.

Lexham English Bible
Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and our God is merciful.

Literal Translation
Jehovah is gracious and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Gracious is ye LORDE & rightuous, yee oure God is mercifull.

American Standard Version
Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate.

King James Version (1611)
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea our God is mercifull.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Gratious is God and ryghteous: our Lorde is mercifull.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity.

English Revised Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the Lord is merciful, and iust; and oure God doith merci.

Update Bible Version
Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

Webster's Bible Translation
Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God [is] merciful.

New King James Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

New Living Translation
How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!

New Life Bible
The Lord is loving and right. Yes, our God is full of loving-kindness.

New Revised Standard
Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; our God is merciful.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and, our God, is full of compassion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(114-5) The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

Revised Standard Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

Young's Literal Translation
Gracious [is] Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God [is] merciful,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

Contextual Overview

¹ I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer. ² He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days. ³ The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble. ⁵ The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy. ⁶ The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour. ⁷ Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward. ⁸ You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling. ⁹ I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gracious: Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 103:8, Psalms 112:4, Psalms 115:1, Psalms 145:8, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Nehemiah 9:17, Nehemiah 9:31, Daniel 9:9, Romans 5:20, Romans 5:21, Ephesians 1:6-8, Ephesians 2:4, 1 Timothy 1:14, Titus 3:4-7

and righteous: Psalms 119:137, Psalms 145:4-7, Psalms 145:17, Ezra 9:15, Nehemiah 9:8, Nehemiah 9:33, Isaiah 45:21, Daniel 9:7, Daniel 9:14, Romans 3:25, Romans 3:26, 1 John 1:9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:31 - the Lord James 5:11 - the Lord is

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Gracious is the Lord,.... So the psalmist found him, calling upon him; so he is in Christ, the author and giver of all grace, to help in time of need.

And righteous; faithful to his promises, just in every dispensation of his providence, even in afflictive ones; righteous in punishing the enemies of his people, and in saving, justifying, and pardoning them for Christ's sake.

Yea, our God is merciful; compassionate, tenderhearted, a heart full of pity, as a father to his child; and sympathizes with his people under all their afflictions, and saves them out of them; see

Psalms 86:5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gracious is the Lord - This fact was his encouragement when he called on God. He believed that God was a gracious Being, and he found him to be so. Compare the notes at Hebrews 11:6.

And righteous ... - Just; true; faithful. This, too, is a proper foundation of appeal to God: not that we are righteous, and have a claim to his favor, but that he is a Being who will do what is right; that is, what is best to be done in the case. If he were an unjust Being; if he were one on whose stability of character, and whose regard for right, no reliance could be placed, we could never approach him with confidence or hope. In this sense we may rely on his justice - his justness of character - as a ground of hope. Compare the notes at 1 John 1:9 : “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us Our sins.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 116:5. Gracious is the Lord — In his own nature.

And righteous — In all his dealings with men.

Our God is merciful. — Of tender compassion to all penitents.