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Psalms 103:8 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.


Psalms 103:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:87 words
HebrewMeaning
רַח֣וּםraḥwm
is compassionateadjH7349
merciful
וְ/חַנּ֣וּןwəḥanwn
and graciousconjH2587
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶ֖רֶךְʾerekə
long ofadjH750
-winged) · patient · slow
אַפַּ֣יִםʾapayim
angernounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
וְ/רַבwərab
and great ofconjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
חָֽסֶדḥāsed
covenant loyaltynounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 103:8

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul! And all that is within me, His holy Name” Psalm 102:1. I suppose that he speaks not of what is within the body; I do not suppose him to mean this, that our lungs and liver, and so forth, are to burst forth into the voice of blessing of the Lord. There are lungs in our breast indeed, like a kind of bellows, which send forth successive breathings, which breathing forth of the air inhaled is pressed out into voice and sound, when the words are…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 103 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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