'Mercy' in the Bible

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail);Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.

Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord;See how I am afflicted by those who hate me,You who lift me up from the gates of death,

But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.

He gives great triumphs to His king,And shows steadfast love and mercy to His anointed,To David and his descendants forever.

For the king [confidently] trusts in the Lord,And through the lovingkindness (faithfulness, goodness) of the Most High he will never be shaken.

Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.

Remember, O Lord, Your [tender] compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,For they have been from of old.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;According to Your lovingkindness remember me,For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulnessTo those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.

“Hear, O Lord, be gracious and show favor to me;O Lord, be my helper.”

I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,Because You have seen my affliction;You have taken note of my life’s distresses,

Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked,But he who trusts in and relies on the Lord shall be surrounded with compassion and lovingkindness.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness,

Let Your [steadfast] lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,In proportion as we have hoped in You.

Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies,Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.

Do not withhold Your compassion and tender mercy from me, O Lord;Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

He will send from heaven and save me;He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.

For Your faithfulness and lovingkindness are great, reaching to the heavens,And Your truth to the clouds.

My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.

To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.

Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion,For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work.

Blessed be God,Who has not turned away my prayerNor His lovingkindness from me.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?Have His promises ended for all time?

O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers.Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us,For we have been brought very low.

Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord,And grant us Your salvation.

Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together;Righteousness and peace kiss each other.

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.

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant,And save the son of Your handmaid.

I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever;With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

“My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him,And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore,And My covenant will be confirmed to him.

O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older],That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].

If I say, “My foot has slipped,”Your compassion and lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.

He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.

For the Lord is good;His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.

I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice;To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

Who redeems your life from the pit,Who crowns you [lavishly] with lovingkindness and tender mercy;

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

For as the heavens are high above the earth,So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].

But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [reverently] fear Him,And His righteousness to children’s children,

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever!

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His compassion and lovingkindness endure forever!

Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things;And [thoughtfully] consider the lovingkindness of the Lord.

For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens;Your truth reaches to the skies.

Let there be no one to extend kindness to him,Nor let anyone be gracious to his fatherless children.

Because the man did not remember to show kindness,But persecuted the suffering and needy man,And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake;Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;

Help me, O Lord my God;Save me according to Your lovingkindness—

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,But to Your name give gloryBecause of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth and faithfulness.

For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him],And the truth of the Lord endures forever.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Oh let Israel say,“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Oh let the house of Aaron say,“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Oh let those who [reverently] fear the Lord, say,“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Vav.May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O Lord,Your salvation according to Your promise;

The earth, O Lord, is full of Your lovingkindness and goodness;Teach me Your statutes.

Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,For Your law is my delight.

Deal with Your servant according to Your [gracious] lovingkindness,And teach me Your statutes.

Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O Lord;Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,So our eyes look to the Lord our God,Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,For we are greatly filled with contempt.

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

For the Lord will judge His peopleAnd He will have compassion on His servants [revealing His mercy].

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

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

To Him who made the heavens with skill,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who stretched out the earth upon the waters,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who made the great lights,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

The sun to rule over the day,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

The moon and stars to rule by night,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who struck the firstborn of Egypt,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

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

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

To Him who divided the Red Sea into parts,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

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

But tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

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

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

And killed mighty kings,For His lovingkindness endures forever;