⁸ The Lord is merciful and compassionate,
    slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

⁸ The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
    slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

⁵ O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive,
    so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.

⁵ For the Lord is good.
    His unfailing love continues forever,
    and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

¹⁵ But you, O Lord,
    are a God of compassion and mercy,
slow to get angry
    and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

¹⁸ Where is another God like you,
    who pardons the guilt of the remnant,
    overlooking the sins of his special people?
You will not stay angry with your people forever,
    because you delight in showing unfailing love.
¹⁹ Once again you will have compassion on us.
    You will trample our sins under your feet
    and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
²⁰ You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love
    as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.

“Yahweh!^[a] The Lord!
    The God of compassion and mercy!
I am slow to anger
    and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
⁷ I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.^[b]
    I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.
But I do not excuse the guilty.
    I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren;
the entire family is affected—
    even children in the third and fourth generations.”