Psalm 86:5
New International Version
You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.

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

English Standard Version
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Berean Standard Bible
For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

King James Bible
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

New King James Version
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

New American Standard Bible
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all who call upon You.

NASB 1995
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

NASB 1977
For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon Thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

Amplified Bible
For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever]; And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Christian Standard Bible
For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

American Standard Version
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because you, LORD JEHOVAH, are good and your kindness is great to all who call to you!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For thou, O Lord, art kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

Contemporary English Version
You willingly forgive, and your love is always there for those who pray to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

English Revised Version
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, full of mercy toward everyone who calls out to you.

Good News Translation
You are good to us and forgiving, full of constant love for all who pray to you.

International Standard Version
Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.

Literal Standard Version
For You, Lord, [are] good and forgiving, | And abundant in kindness to all calling You.

Majority Standard Bible
For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

New American Bible
Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.

NET Bible
Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

New Revised Standard Version
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.

New Heart English Bible
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee.

World English Bible
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thou, Lord, art good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Tried But Trusting
4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You. 6Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.…

Cross References
Exodus 34:6
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: "The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.

Psalm 62:12
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

Psalm 73:1
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Psalm 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Psalm 100:5
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.


Treasury of Scripture

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all them that call on you.

thou

Psalm 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Psalm 36:7
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

ready

Nehemiah 9:17
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

plenteous

Psalm 103:8
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Psalm 130:4,7
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared…

Joel 2:13
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.

unto all

Psalm 145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Ezekiel 36:33,37
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded…

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Psalm 86
1. David strengthens his prayer by the consciousness of his religion
5. By the goodness and power of God
11. He desires the continuance of former grace
14. Complaining of the proud, he craves some token of God's goodness














(5) For thou.--Up to this time the psalmist has only put forward his needs in various aspects as a plea for God's compassion. Now, not without art, he clenches his petition by an appeal to the nature itself of the Divine Being. The originals of the expressions in this verse will be found in Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:6-9; Numbers 14:18-19.

Ready to forgive.--The Hebrew word occurs nowhere else in the form found here. Etymologically it means remitting. The LXX. have ????????, a word for which perhaps our considerate is the nearest equivalent, implying that legal right is overlooked and suspended in consideration of human weakness. Wisdom Of Solomon 12:18 gives a good description of this Divine attribute.

Verse 5. - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive. The word translated "ready to forgive," סַלָח, occurs here only; but the context sufficiently fixes its meaning, which is well expressed by the ἐπιεικὴς of the LXX. As God was "good" and "forgiving," he would be likely to grant the petitions just addressed to him. And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee (comp. Exodus 34:6; Joel 2:13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

You,
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

O Lord,
אֲ֭דֹנָי (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

are kind
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and forgiving,
וְסַלָּ֑ח (wə·sal·lāḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5546: Ready to forgive, forgiving

rich
וְרַב־ (wə·raḇ-)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

in loving devotion
חֶ֝֗סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

to all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who call on You.
קֹרְאֶֽיךָ׃ (qō·rə·’e·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read


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