Psalms 116:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 116:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 116:5 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 116:5 — KJV
“Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.”
— Psalms 116:5 (KJV)
Psalms 116:5 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 116:5
“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,”
Shares key themes with Psalms 116:5: gracious, lord, god
“For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 116:5: gracious, lord, god
“And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 116:5: gracious, lord, god
“And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, 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.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 116:5: gracious, lord, god
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 116:5: lord, yea, god
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