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Psalm 103

Psa. 103:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is merciful
rachuwm (Hebrew #7349)
compassionate
KJV usage: full of compassion, merciful.
Pronounce: rakh-oom'
Origin: from 7355
and gracious
channuwn (Hebrew #2587)
gracious
KJV usage: gracious.
Pronounce: khan-noon'
Origin: from 2603
, slow
'arek (Hebrew #750)
long
KJV usage: long(-suffering, -winged), patient, slow (to anger).
Pronounce: aw-rake'
Origin: from 748
to anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
, and τplenteous
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
in mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
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τ
great of.

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merciful.
Psa. 86:5,15• 5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.
 15But thou, Lord, art a *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption; (Psa. 130:7)
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Psa. 145:8• 8Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness. (Psa. 145:8)
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Ex. 34:6‑7• 6And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
 7keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)
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Num. 14:18• 18Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)
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Deut. 5:10• 10and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. (Deut. 5:10)
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Neh. 9:17• 17and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)
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Isa. 55:7• 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)
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Jer. 32:18• 18who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty *God,--Jehovah of hosts is his name; (Jer. 32:18)
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Rom. 5:20‑21• 20But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,
 21in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)
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Eph. 1:7‑8• 7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
 8which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence, (Eph. 1:7‑8)
slow.
Joel 2:13• 13and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)
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Jonah 4:2• 2And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious *God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2)
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Nah. 1:3• 3Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah,--his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)
plenteous in mercy.
Heb. great of mercy.
• We know on what a perfect basis, as regards sin, all is founded: but here the effect is celebrated in the government of Israel; but God is known for all times according to this knowledge of Him. Hence it is not vague goodness, deceiving oneself, but evil owned, but God known in goodness. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 102-106” by J.N. Darby)
• In His ways God is merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Thus He revealed Himself to Moses on the Mount (Ex. 34:67). In accordance with these ways God had ever acted in the long history of the nation. (“Psalms 103” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.