Psa 86:15 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 15. But thou, O Lord ] What a wonderful character of God is given in this verse! Adonai , the Director, Judge, and Support;-but instead of Adonai, thirty-four of Kennicott's MSS. have Jehovah , the self-existent and eternal Being;- El , the strong God; rachum , tenderly compassionate; channun , the Dispenser of grace or favour; erech appayim, suffering long, not easily provoked; rab chesed , abundant in blessings; and emeth , faithful and true. Such is the God who has made himself more particularly known to us in Christ. The scanty language of our ancestors was not adequate to a full rendering of the original words: [---Anglo-Saxon---]. "And thu driht God gemildsiend , and mildheort, gethyldig and mucel mildheortnysse and sothfaest.-And thou, Lord God, art mild, and mildhearted, patient, and of much mildheartedness, and soothfast,"-steady in truth. In the old Psalter the language is but little improved: And thou Lorde God mercier, and mercyful, sufferand, and of mykel mercy, and sothefast . The word mercier is interpreted, doand dede of mercy .

‏ Psalms 86:15

Verse 15. But thou, O Lord] What a wonderful character of God is given in this verse! Adonai, the Director, Judge, and Support;-but instead of Adonai, thirty-four of Kennicott's MSS. have Jehovah, the self-existent and eternal Being;-

El, the strong God; rachum, tenderly compassionate; channun, the Dispenser of grace or favour; erech appayim, suffering long, not easily provoked; rab chesed, abundant in blessings; and emeth, faithful and true. Such is the God who has made himself more particularly known to us in Christ. The scanty language of our ancestors was not adequate to a full rendering of the original words: [---Anglo-Saxon---]. "And thu driht God gemildsiend , and mildheort, gethyldig and mucel mildheortnysse and sothfaest.-And thou, Lord God, art mild, and mildhearted, patient, and of much mildheartedness, and soothfast,"-steady in truth.

In the old Psalter the language is but little improved: And thou Lorde God mercier, and mercyful, sufferand, and of mykel mercy, and sothefast.

The word mercier is interpreted, doand dede of mercy.