Lexicon :: Strong's G3628 - oiktirmos

David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the LORD’s hands because his mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

May you forgive your people

who sinned against you

and all their rebellions[fn] against you,

and may you grant them compassion

before their captors,

so that they may treat them compassionately.

David answered Gad, “I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the LORD’s hands because his mercies are very great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

“for when you return to the LORD, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.”

Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Give your servant success today, and grant him compassion in the presence of this man.[fn]

At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

you did not abandon them in the wilderness

because of your great compassion.

During the day the pillar of cloud

never turned away from them,

guiding them on their journey.

And during the night the pillar of fire

illuminated the way they should go.

So you handed them over to their enemies,

who oppressed them.

In their time of distress, they cried out to you,

and you heard from heaven.

In your abundant compassion

you gave them deliverers, who rescued them

from the power of their enemies.

However, in your abundant compassion,

you did not destroy them or abandon them,

for you are a gracious and compassionate God.

Remember, LORD, your compassion

and your faithful love,

for they have existed from antiquity.[fn]

LORD, you do not[fn] withhold your compassion from me.

Your constant love and truth will always guard me.

Be gracious to me, God,

according to your faithful love;

according to your abundant compassion,

blot out my rebellion.

Answer me, LORD,

for your faithful love is good.

In keeping with your abundant compassion,

turn to me.

“Has God forgotten to be gracious?

Has he in anger withheld his compassion? ”Selah

Do not hold past iniquities[fn] against us;

let your compassion come to us quickly,

for we have become very weak.

He redeems your life from the Pit;

he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

He caused them to be pitied

before all their captors.

May your compassion come to me

so that I may live,

for your instruction is my delight.

Your compassions are many, LORD;

give me life according to your judgments.

The LORD is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and great in faithful love.

Look down from heaven and see

from your lofty home ​— ​holy and beautiful.

Where is your zeal and your might?

Your yearning[fn] and your compassion

are withheld from me.

God had granted Daniel kindness and compassion from the chief eunuch,

urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.

“Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him

Listen closely,[fn] my God, and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before you based on our righteous acts, but based on your abundant compassion.

I will take you to be my wife forever.

I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,

justice, love, and compassion.

“Therefore, this is what the LORD says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; my house will be rebuilt within it ​— ​this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies ​— ​and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.

“The LORD of Armies says this: ‘Make fair decisions. Show faithful love and compassion to one another.

“Then I will pour out a spirit[fn] of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at[fn] me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.