Psalm 145:8

Lutherbibel

Gnädig und barmherzig ist der HERR, geduldig und von großer Güte.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Gnädig und barmherzig ist der Herr , geduldig und von großer Güte!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord is gracious: Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 100:5, Psalms 103:8, Psalms 116:5, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:18, Daniel 9:9, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18-20, Romans 5:20, Romans 5:21, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:8, Ephesians 2:4

of great mercy: Heb. great in mercy

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:8 - General Deuteronomy 4:31 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 30:9 - the Lord Nehemiah 9:17 - gracious Nehemiah 9:31 - gracious Psalms 36:7 - How Psalms 111:4 - full Psalms 135:3 - for the Lord Jeremiah 3:12 - for I am Jeremiah 9:24 - lovingkindness Jonah 4:11 - and also Nahum 1:3 - slow Matthew 18:27 - moved Matthew 20:34 - Jesus Mark 8:2 - compassion Mark 10:49 - stood James 5:11 - the Lord is

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord [is] gracious,.... These are the epithets of our Lord Jesus Christ, and may be truly and with great propriety said of him; he is "gracious", kind, and good, in the instances before mentioned; he is full of grace, and readily distributes it; his words are words of grace; his Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are doctrines of grace; his works are works of grace, all flowing from his wondrous grace and mercy:

and full of compassion: or "merciful" d, in the most tender manner; hence he came into the world to save sinners, and in his pity redeemed them; and when on earth showed his compassion both to the bodies and souls of men, by healing the one and instructing the other; and particularly had compassion on the ignorant, and them that were out of the way; pitying those that were as sheep without a shepherd, as the blind Jews under their blind guides were; and is very compassionate to his people under all their temptations, afflictions, trials, and exercises; see Hebrews 2:17;

slow to anger; to the wicked Jews, though often provoked by their calumnies and reproaches, and by their ill behaviour to him in various instances; yet we never read but once of his being angry, and that was through grief at the hardness of their hearts, Mark 3:5; and likewise to his own disciples, who were often froward and perverse, and of bad spirits, very troublesome and afflictive to him, yet he patiently bore with them:

and of great mercy; a merciful High Priest, typified by the mercy seat, where we may find grace and mercy at all times; through whom God is merciful to sinners, and to whose mercy we are to look for eternal life.

d רחום "misericors", V. L. Tigurine version, Musculus, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord is gracious - See Psalms 86:5, note; Psalms 86:15, note.

And full of compassion - Kind; compassionate; ready to do good. See the notes at Psalms 103:8.

Slow to anger - See Psalms 103:8, where the same expression occurs.

And of great mercy - Margin, great in mercy. His greatness is shown in his mercy; and the manifestation of that mercy is great: great, as on a large scale; great, as manifested toward great sinners; great, in the sacrifice made that it may be displayed; great, in the completeness with which sin is pardoned - pardoned so as to be remembered no more.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 145:8. The Lord is gracious — His holy nature is ever disposed to show favour.

Full of compassion — Wherever he sees misery, his eye affects his heart.

Slow to anger — When there is even the greatest provocation.

Of great mercy. — Great in his abundant mercy. These four things give us a wonderful display of the goodness of the Divine nature.