“For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.”
God's character is affirmed: "For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, being ready to forgive." The divine attributes of goodness and readiness to forgive become the foundation for hope; the supplicant's prayer rests on confidence in God's merciful character.
Church Fathers on Psalms 86:5
1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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