Psalm 86:5 “For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to al…”

Psalm 86:5

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

World English Bible

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

American Standard Version

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

For thou, Lord, art good and mercifull, and of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.

Darby Translation

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

Young's Literal Translation

For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

Bible in Basic English

You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

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Cross references

“thou”

Joel 2:13 Exodus 34:6 Psalm 25:8 Psalm 86:15 Psalm 130:7 Psalm 119:68

Joel 2:13 · BSB

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Exodus 34:6 · BSB

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,

Psalm 25:8 · BSB

Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.

Psalm 86:15 · BSB

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Psalm 130:7 · BSB

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

Psalm 119:68 · BSB

You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

“ready”

Nehemiah 9:17 Micah 7:18 Daniel 9:9 Isaiah 55:7

Nehemiah 9:17 · BSB

They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and co…

Micah 7:18 · BSB

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?

Daniel 9:9 · BSB

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

Isaiah 55:7 · BSB

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

“plenteous”

Psalm 103:8 Ephesians 1:6–8 Psalm 130:4 Ephesians 2:4 Romans 5:20 Romans 5:21

Psalm 103:8 · BSB

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

Ephesians 1:6–8 · BSB

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Psalm 130:4 · BSB

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Ephesians 2:4 · BSB

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Romans 5:20 · BSB

The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 5:21 · BSB

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

“unto all”

Acts 2:21 Psalm 145:18 Ezekiel 36:37 Jeremiah 33:3 Ezekiel 36:33 John 4:10

Acts 2:21 · BSB

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Psalm 145:18 · BSB

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

Ezekiel 36:37 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

Jeremiah 33:3 · BSB

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Ezekiel 36:33 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

John 4:10 · BSB

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

Also

Jonah 4:2

Jonah 4:2 · BSB

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to an…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

6Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.

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