Psalms 103:8 meaning and explanation

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Psalms 103:8, Berean Standard Bible

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David speaks these words to his own soul in a psalm of praise, and here he pauses to name God's character. The line echoes God's self proclamation to Moses in Exodus 34:6, where the LORD passed before him and declared His mercy.

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