
Text -- Psalms 145:8 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 145:8-9; Psa 145:8-9
The Lord is gracious - His holy nature is ever disposed to show favor

Full of compassion - Wherever he sees misery, his eye affects his heart

Slow to anger - When there is even the greatest provocation

Clarke: Psa 145:8 - -- Of great mercy - Great in his abundant mercy. These four things give us a wonderful display of the goodness of the Divine nature.
Of great mercy - Great in his abundant mercy. These four things give us a wonderful display of the goodness of the Divine nature.
Calvin -> Psa 145:8
Calvin: Psa 145:8 - -- 8.Jehovah is gracious, etc. He opens up the goodness of which he spoke by using several expressions, as that God is inclined to mercy, (for such is ...
8.Jehovah is gracious, etc. He opens up the goodness of which he spoke by using several expressions, as that God is inclined to mercy, (for such is the proper meaning of the word
“To what end is the day of the Lord for you? the day of the Lord is darkness and not light, affliction and not joy.”
(Amo 5:18.)
We see in what severe terms Nahum threatens them at the very beginning of his prophecy. Having referred to the language used in the passage from Moses, he adds immediately, on the other hand, to prevent them being emboldened by it, that God is a rigid and severe, a terrible and an inexorable judge. (Nah 1:3.) They therefore who have provoked God to anger by their sins, must see to secure his favor by believing.
TSK -> Psa 145:8
TSK: Psa 145:8 - -- Lord is gracious : Psa 86:5, Psa 86:15, Psa 100:5, Psa 103:8, Psa 116:5; Exo 34:6, Exo 34:7; Num 14:18; Dan 9:9; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18-20; Rom 5:20, Rom 5...

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Barnes -> Psa 145:8
Barnes: Psa 145:8 - -- The Lord is gracious - See Psa 86:5, note; Psa 86:15, note. And full of compassion - Kind; compassionate; ready to do good. See the notes...
The Lord is gracious - See Psa 86:5, note; Psa 86:15, note.
And full of compassion - Kind; compassionate; ready to do good. See the notes at Psa 103:8.
Slow to anger - See Psa 103:8, where the same expression occurs.
And of great mercy - Margin, great in mercy. His greatness is shown in his mercy; and the manifestation of that mercy is great: great, as on a large scale; great, as manifested toward great sinners; great, in the sacrifice made that it may be displayed; great, in the completeness with which sin is pardoned - pardoned so as to be remembered no more.
Haydock -> Psa 145:8
Haydock: Psa 145:8 - -- Enlighteneth. Hebrew, "openeth the eyes. " Septuagint, "gives wisdom to the blind." Many of these favours seem to be understood in a spiritual se...
Enlighteneth. Hebrew, "openeth the eyes. " Septuagint, "gives wisdom to the blind." Many of these favours seem to be understood in a spiritual sense, and allude to the times of Christ, when these miracles were performed. (Berthier) (Isaias xxxv. 5., and Matthew xi. 5. (Calmet)
Gill -> Psa 145:8
Gill: Psa 145:8 - -- The Lord is gracious,.... These are the epithets of our Lord Jesus Christ, and may be truly and with great propriety said of him; he is "gracious", k...
The Lord is gracious,.... These are the epithets of our Lord Jesus Christ, and may be truly and with great propriety said of him; he is "gracious", kind, and good, in the instances before mentioned; he is full of grace, and readily distributes it; his words are words of grace; his Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are doctrines of grace; his works are works of grace, all flowing from his wondrous grace and mercy:
and full of compassion: or "merciful" d, in the most tender manner; hence he came into the world to save sinners, and in his pity redeemed them; and when on earth showed his compassion both to the bodies and souls of men, by healing the one and instructing the other; and particularly had compassion on the ignorant, and them that were out of the way; pitying those that were as sheep without a shepherd, as the blind Jews under their blind guides were; and is very compassionate to his people under all their temptations, afflictions, trials, and exercises; see Heb 2:17;
slow to anger; to the wicked Jews, though often provoked by their calumnies and reproaches, and by their ill behaviour to him in various instances; yet we never read but once of his being angry, and that was through grief at the hardness of their hearts, Mar 3:5; and likewise to his own disciples, who were often froward and perverse, and of bad spirits, very troublesome and afflictive to him, yet he patiently bore with them:
and of great mercy; a merciful High Priest, typified by the mercy seat, where we may find grace and mercy at all times; through whom God is merciful to sinners, and to whose mercy we are to look for eternal life.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 145:1-21
TSK Synopsis: Psa 145:1-21 - --1 David praises God for his fame;8 for his goodness;11 for his kingdom;14 for his providence;17 for his justice, holiness, and saving mercy.
MHCC -> Psa 145:1-9
MHCC: Psa 145:1-9 - --Those who, under troubles and temptations, abound in fervent prayer, shall in due season abound in grateful praise, which is the true language of holy...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 145:1-9
Matthew Henry: Psa 145:1-9 - -- The entitling of this David's psalm of praise may intimate not only that he was the penman of it, but that he took a particular pleasure in it and...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 145:8-13
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 145:8-13 - --
This memorable utterance of Jahve concerning Himself the writer of Ps 103, which is of kindred import, also interweaves into his celebration of the ...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 145:1-21 - --Psalm 145
This acrostic psalm begins a series of six psalms, the last six in the Psalter, that are espec...
