17 And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying, 18 (A)‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, (B)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.

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17 “Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’(B)

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15 But (A)You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

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15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious(A) God,
    slow to anger,(B) abounding(C) in love and faithfulness.(D)

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(A)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

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The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(A)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.

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(A)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.

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The Lord is gracious and compassionate,(A)
    slow to anger and rich in love.(B)

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13 So (A)rend your heart, and not (B)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.

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13 Rend your heart(A)
    and not your garments.(B)
Return(C) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(D)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(E)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(F)

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So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I (A)fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a (B)gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.

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He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(A) that you are a gracious(B) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(C) a God who relents(D) from sending calamity.(E)

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The Lord is (A)slow to anger and (B)great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.

(C)The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.

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The Lord is slow to anger(A) but great in power;
    the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.(B)
His way is in the whirlwind(C) and the storm,(D)
    and clouds(E) are the dust of his feet.

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17 They refused to obey,
And (A)they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.
But they hardened their necks,
And [a]in their rebellion
They appointed (B)a leader
To return to their bondage.
But You are God,
Ready to pardon,
(C)Gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger,
Abundant in kindness,
And did not forsake them.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:17 So with MT, Vg.; LXX in Egypt

17 They refused to listen and failed to remember(A) the miracles(B) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked(C) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.(D) But you are a forgiving God,(E) gracious and compassionate,(F) slow to anger(G) and abounding in love.(H) Therefore you did not desert them,(I)

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