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156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
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But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 156)Here, 1. David admires God’s grace: Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord ! The goodness of God’s nature, as it is his glory, so it is the joy of all the saints. His mercies are tender, for he is full of compassion; they are many, they are great, a fountain that can never be exhausted. He is rich in mercy to all that call upon him. David had spoken of the misery of the wicked (Ps. 119:155); but God…
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