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Lord Have Mercy on Me, a
Sinner
Num
14:18a KJV
The LORD is longsuffering,
and of great mercy,
forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and by no means
clearing the guilty...
(Luke 18:13-14a
KJV)
And the publican, standing afar off,
would
not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven,
but smote upon his breast, saying,
God be
merciful to me a sinner
{14} I tell you, this man went down to his house
justified...
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MERCY,
That benevolence, mildness or
tenderness of heart which disposes a person to overlook injuries, or to treat an
offender better than he deserves; the disposition that tempers justice, and
induces an injured person to forgive trespasses and injuries, and to forbear
punishment, or to inflict less than law or justice will warrant. In this sense,
there is perhaps no word in our language precisely synonymous with mercy. That
which comes nearest to it is grace. It implies benevolence, tenderness,
mildness, pity or compassion, and clemency, but exercised only towards
offenders. All these are attributes of God, and mercy is a distinguishing
attribute of God.
In the Old Testament it is most often the translation of , "kindness," "loving-kindness", "bowels" (the sympathetic region of the body), and "to be inclined to," "to be gracious," are also frequently translated "mercy"; "kindness," "beneficence," "to show kindness," are the chief words rendering "mercy" In the New Testament, synonyms used
formercy include "pity,"
"compassion," "kind,"
"compassionate," "forgiving"
Mercy is
(a) an essential quality of
God ;it is His
delight ; He is
"the Father of mercies" "rich in mercy" "full of pity, and merciful"
(b) it is associated with
forgiveness
(c) with His forbearance
("Yahweh is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great lovingkindness)";
(d) it shows itself in pitying
help, supremely in
Christ and His salvation,
(e) it is abundant,
practically infinite ;
(f) it is everlasting
.
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(Psa 89:13-16 KJV)
Thou hast a
mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
{14} Justice and
judgment are the habitation of thy throne:
mercy and truth
shall go before thy face.
{15} Blessed is
the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall
walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
{16} In thy name
shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be
exalted.
Jer 33:2-3 KJV
Thus
saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it;
the LORD
is his name;
{3}
Call unto me, and I will answer thee,
and
show thee great and mighty things,
which thou
knowest not.
Psa 6:2-10
KJV
Have mercy
upon me, O LORD; for I am weak:
O
LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
(3) My
soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how
long?
(4)
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
sake.
(5)
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give
thee thanks?
(6) I am
weary with my groaning;
all the
night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my
tears.
(7)
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth (H=becomes) old because of all
mine enemies.
(8) Depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity;
for the
LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
(9)
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
(10) Let
all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be
ashamed suddenly.
Psa 9:9-14
KJV
The LORD also will be a
refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
(10) And they that know
thy name will put their trust in thee:
for thou, LORD, hast not
forsaken them that seek thee.
(11) Sing praises
to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:
declare among the
people his doings.
(12) When he
maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:
he forgetteth not
the cry of the humble.
(13) Have mercy upon me,
O LORD; c
onsider my trouble
which I suffer of them that hate
me,
thou that liftest
me up from the gates of death:
(14) That I may shew
forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:
I will rejoice in thy
salvation..
Psa 27:4-9
KJV
One thing have I
desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the house
of the LORD all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the
LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
(5) For in the time of trouble he
shall hide me in his pavilion:
in the secret of his tabernacle
shall he hide me;
he shall set me up upon a
rock.
(6) And now shall mine head be
lifted up above mine enemies round about me:
therefore will I offer in his
tabernacle sacrifices of joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing
praises unto the LORD.
(7) Hear, O LORD, when I
cry with my voice:
have mercy also upon me, and answer
me.
(8) When thou saidst, Seek ye
my face;
my heart said unto thee, Thy face,
LORD, will I seek.
(9) Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in
anger:
thou
hast been my help;
leave me
not, neither forsake me, O God of my
salvation.
Psa 30:1-8
KJV
<A Psalm and Song at
the dedication of the house of David.>
I will extol thee, O LORD; for
thou hast lifted me up,
and hast not made my foes to rejoice
over me.
(2) O LORD my God, I cried unto
thee, and thou hast healed me.
(3) O LORD, thou hast brought
up my soul from the grave:
thou hast kept me alive, that I
should not go down to the pit.
(4) Sing unto the LORD, O ye
saints of his,
and give thanks at the remembrance of
his holiness.
(5) For his anger endureth
but a moment; in his favour is life:
weeping may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning.
(6) And in my prosperity I
said, I shall never be moved.
(7) LORD, by thy favour thou hast
made my mountain to stand strong:
thou didst hide thy face, and
I was troubled.
(8) I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto
the LORD I made supplication.
Psa 31:9-19
KJV
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am
in trouble:
mine eye is consumed with
grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
(10) For my life is spent with
grief, and my years with sighing:
my strength faileth because of
mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
(11) I was a reproach among all
mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours,
and a fear to mine acquaintance: they
that did see me without fled from me.
(12) I am forgotten as a dead man out
of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
(13) For I have heard the slander of
many: fear was on every side:
while they took counsel together
against me, they devised to take away my life.
(14) But I trusted in thee, O LORD:
I said, Thou art my God.
(15) My times are in thy hand:
deliver me from the hand of mine
enemies, and from them that persecute me.
(16) Make thy face to shine
upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
(17) Let me not be ashamed, O LORD;
for I have called upon thee:
let the wicked be ashamed,
and let them be silent in the grave.
(18) Let the lying lips be put
to silence;
which speak grievous things proudly
and contemptuously against the righteous.
(19) Oh how great
is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear
thee;
which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of
men!
Psa 123:1-4
KJV <A Song of
degrees.>
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou
that dwellest in the heavens.
(2) Behold, as the eyes of
servants look unto the hand of their masters,
and as the eyes of a maiden
unto the hand of her mistress;
so our eyes wait upon the LORD
our God,
until that he have mercy upon
us.
(3) Have mercy upon us, O LORD,
have mercy upon us:
for we are exceedingly filled with
contempt.
(4) Our soul is exceedingly
filled with the scorning of those that are at ease,
and with the contempt of the proud.
Isa 49:13 KJV
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth;
and
break forth into singing, O mountains:
for the LORD hath comforted his people,
and
will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isa
55:6-12 KJV
Seek ye the LORD while
he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
(7) Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto
the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon.
(8) For my
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the
LORD.
(9) For
as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts
than your thoughts.
(10) For as the rain
cometh down, and the snow from heaven,
and returneth not
thither, but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the
eater:
(11) So shall my
word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I
please,
and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
(12) For ye shall go out
with joy, and be led forth with peace:
the mountains and
the hills shall break forth before you into singing,
and all the trees of the
field shall clap their
hands.
Mat 17:14-18
KJV
And when they were
come to the multitude,
there came to him a
certain man, kneeling down to him, and
saying,
(15) Lord, have
mercy on my son:
for he is lunatick, and
sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the
water.
(16) And I brought
him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
(17) Then Jesus answered
and said, O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I
be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to
me.
(18) And Jesus
rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him:
and the child was
cured from that very hour.
Mat 20:29-34
KJV
And as they departed
from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
(30) And, behold, two
blind men sitting by the way side,
when they heard that Jesus
passed by, cried out, saying,
Have mercy on us, O
Lord, thou Son of David.
(31) And the multitude
rebuked them, because they should hold their peace:
but they cried the more,
saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of
David.
(32) And Jesus stood
still, and called them, and said,
What will ye that I shall do
unto you?
(33) They say unto him, Lord,
that our eyes may be opened.
(34) So Jesus had compassion
on them, and touched their eyes:
and immediately their eyes
received sight, and they followed him.
Jam 5:10-11
KJV
Take, my brethren, the
prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,
for an example of
suffering affliction, and of patience.
(11) Behold, we count
them happy which endure.
Ye have heard of the patience
of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord;
that the Lord is very pitiful,
and of tender mercy.
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