Psalms 145:9

"The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness."

Key Reflection

This verse encapsulates God's compassionate nature, emphasizing His readiness to forgive and extend mercy, even as He remains just in His judgments. His "slowness to anger" and "great loving kindness" underscore a patient and merciful disposition that ensures His forgiveness is both abundant and enduring.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Lord is good to all -To all his creatures. That is, he is kind and compassionate toward them; he is disposed and ready to do them good. There is not one of them whom he is not ready and willing to bless; not one whose happiness would not be agreeable to him, or whose welfare he is not ready to promote. ComparePsalms 100:5. And his tender mercies are over all his works -In all that he has made there is evidence that he is a kind and benevolent God.

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