Psalm 86:5 {85:5}
Good News Translation
You are good to us and forgiving, full of constant love for all who pray to you.

New Revised Standard Version
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.

Contemporary English Version
You willingly forgive, and your love is always there for those who pray to you.

New American Bible
Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

thou

Psalm 86:15 And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

Psalm 25:8 The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.

Psalm 36:7 O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the cover of thy wings.

Psalm 52:1 Unto the end, understanding for David, [2] When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech. [3] Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?

Psalm 69:16 Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Psalm 119:68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

Psalm 130:7 Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.

Psalm 145:8,9 The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy. . . .

Exodus 34:6 And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,

Joel 2:13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

1 John 4:8,9 He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is charity. . . .

ready

Nehemiah 9:17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.

Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.

Daniel 9:9 But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee:

Micah 7:18 Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.

plenteous

Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

Psalm 130:4,7 For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word: . . .

Joel 2:13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Romans 5:20,21 Now the law entered in that sin might abound. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound. . . .

Ephesians 1:6-8 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son. . . .

Ephesians 2:4 But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us

unto all

Psalm 145:18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

Jeremiah 33:3 Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.

Ezekiel 36:33,37 Thus saith the Lord God: In the day that I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities, and shall cause the cities to be inhabited, and shall repair the ruinous places, . . .

Luke 11:9,10 And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. . . .

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God and who he is that saith to thee: Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Acts 2:21 And it shalt come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Romans 10:12,13 For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him. . . .

Context
Tried But Trusting
4Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul. 5For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.6Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.…
Cross References
Exodus 34:6
And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,

Nehemiah 9:17
And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.

Psalm 25:8
The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.

Psalm 62:12
And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.

Psalm 73:1
A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!

Psalm 86:15
And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.

Psalm 103:3
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

Psalm 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

Psalm 111:4
He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord:

Psalm 119:68
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

Psalm 130:4
For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:

Psalm 130:7
Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.

Psalm 145:8
The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

Isaiah 63:7
I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us, and for the multitude of his good things to the house of Israel, which he hath given them according to his kindness, and according to the multitude of his mercies.

Joel 2:13
And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Jonah 4:2
And Jonah was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:

Psalm 86:4
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