Psalms 116:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Psalms 116:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 145:17
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Psalms 103:8
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalms 119:137
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Ezra 9:15
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

In this part of the psalm we have, I. A general account of David’s experience, and his pious resolutions (Ps. 116:1, 2), which are as the contents of the whole psalm, and give an idea of it. 1. He had experienced God’s goodness to him in answer to prayer: He has heard my voice and my supplications. David, in straits, had humbly and earnestly begged mercy of God, and God had heard him, that is, had…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5-8. The relief which he asked is the result not of his merit, but of God’s known pity and tenderness, which is acknowledged in assuring himself (his “soul,” Psa 11:1; 16:10) of rest and peace. All calamities [Psa 116:8] are represented by death, tears, and falling of the feet (Psa 56:13).