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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 forgiving,{HR}And great in mercy to all that call on thee.
 15And thou, Lord, [art] a God (El) merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow of rage and great in mercy and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Hope, Israel, for Jehovah,{HR}For with Jehovah [is] the mercy;{HR}And plenteously with him [is] ransom; (Psa. 130:7)
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Psa. 145:8• 8Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy. (Psa. 145:8)
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Ex. 34:6‑7• 6{i}And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,{/i}
 7{i}keeping 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.{/i} (Ex. 34:6‑7)
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Num. 14:18• 18Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)
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Deut. 5:10• 10{i}and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.{/i} (Deut. 5:10)
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Neh. 9:17• 17{i}and 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.{/i} (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• 18thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: 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 by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
 21that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by 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 caused to abound toward 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 kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)
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Jonah 4:2• 2And he prayed to Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 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 will not at all acquit [the wicked]: Jehovah hath his way 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.