For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

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

Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant.

For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.

“But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

Promised Faithfulness to the Lord

A Psalm of David.

I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

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

For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,

Joy in Forgiveness of Israel’s Sins

Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

BOOK FIVE

Psalms 107–150

Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds.

Let there be none to extend mercy to him, Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

Because he did not remember to show mercy, But persecuted the poor and needy man, That he might even slay the broken in heart.

But You, O God the Lord, Deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.

Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy,

The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.

Praise to God for His Everlasting Mercy

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever.”

Let the house of Aaron now say, “His mercy endures forever.”

Let those who fear the Lord now say, “His mercy endures forever.”

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes.

Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, And teach me Your statutes.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

O Israel, hope in the Lord; For with the Lord there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption.

Thanksgiving to God for His Enduring Mercy

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever.

Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever:

To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever;

To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever;

To Him who laid out the earth above the waters, For His mercy endures forever;

To Him who made great lights, For His mercy endures forever—

The sun to rule by day, For His mercy endures forever;

The moon and stars to rule by night, For His mercy endures forever.

To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn, For His mercy endures forever;

And brought out Israel from among them, For His mercy endures forever;

With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, For His mercy endures forever;

To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy endures forever;

And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His mercy endures forever;

But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His mercy endures forever;

To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His mercy endures forever;

To Him who struck down great kings, For His mercy endures forever;

And slew famous kings, For His mercy endures forever—

Sihon king of the Amorites, For His mercy endures forever;

And Og king of Bashan, For His mercy endures forever—

And gave their land as a heritage, For His mercy endures forever;

A heritage to Israel His servant, For His mercy endures forever.

Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever;

And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever;

Who gives food to all flesh, For His mercy endures forever.

Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.

The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

In Your mercy cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; For I am Your servant.

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

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,

He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Do they not go astray who devise evil? But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.

Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

He who follows righteousness and mercy Finds life, righteousness, and honor.

He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, And every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

Mercy on Jacob

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.

In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.”

When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor.

God Will Be Gracious

Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.

They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; For He who has mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them.

Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, And will have mercy on His afflicted.

With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,” Says the Lord, your Redeemer.

For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

“The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, And their kings shall minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, But in My favor I have had mercy on you.

God’s Mercy Remembered

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord And the praises of the Lord, According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.

They will lay hold on bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the Lord. “I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them.” ’ ”

The People Plead for Mercy

Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but there was no good; And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.

And afterward,” says the Lord, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. He shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy.” ’

“Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents, And have mercy on his dwelling places; The city shall be built upon its own mound, And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.

Mercy on Ephraim

Thus says the Lord: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.”

Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: “Praise the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good, For His mercy endures forever”— and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the Lord.

then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”

And I will show you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.’

They shall hold the bow and the lance; They are cruel and shall not show mercy. Their voice shall roar like the sea; They shall ride on horses, Set in array, like a man for the battle, Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name—

Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.