Psalms 116:5

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹ I love the Lord , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. ² Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. ³ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord , I beseech thee, deliver my soul. ⁵ Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. ⁶ The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. ⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. ⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. ⁹ I will walk 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.