Psalm 116:5
Strong's Lexicon
The LORD
יְהֹוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

is gracious
חַנּ֣וּן (ḥan·nūn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2587: 1) gracious

and righteous;
וְצַדִּ֑יק (wə·ṣad·dîq)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

our God
וֵ֖אלֹהֵ֣ינוּ (wê·lō·hê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

is full of compassion.
מְרַחֵֽם׃ (mə·ra·ḥêm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7355: 1) to love, love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection, have compassion 1a) (Qal) to love 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to have compassion, be compassionate 1b1a) of God, man 1c) (Pual) to be shown compassion, be compassionate

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

Young's Literal Translation
Gracious [is] Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God [is] merciful,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate.

New American Standard Bible
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

King James Bible
Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

New Living Translation
How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!

English Standard Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

New American Standard Bible
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

King James Bible
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate.

International Standard Version
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate;

NET Bible
The LORD is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

American Standard Version
Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

English Revised Version
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Young's Literal Translation
Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God is merciful,
















Cross References
Exodus 34:6
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Deuteronomy 4:31
(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Ezra 9:15
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Nehemiah 9:8
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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

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

Psalm 119:137
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Psalm 145:17
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Daniel 9:14
Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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