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The thirteen attributes are alluded to a number of other times in the Bible. Verses where God is described using all or some of the attributes include Numbers 14:18 , Joel 2:13 , Jonah 4:2 , Micah 7:18 , Nahum 1:3 , Psalms 86:15 , 103:8 , 145:8 , and Nehemiah 9:17 .
Noting the refrain of "Holy, holy, holy" in Isaiah 6:3 and Revelation 4:8, R. C. Sproul points out that "only once in sacred Scripture is an attribute of God elevated to the third degree... The Bible never says that God is love, love, love; or mercy, mercy, mercy; or wrath, wrath, wrath; or justice, justice, justice.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. The New International Version translates the passage as: If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice', you would not have condemned the innocent.
" God, haue thou merci on me; bi thi greet merci." (Wycliffe 1388) "Haue mercy vpon me (o God) after thy goodnes" (Coverdale Bible 1535) "Haue mercie vpon mee, O God, according to thy louing kindnesse" (KJV 1611) "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness" (KJV 1769, RV 1885, ASV 1901) "Favour me, O God, according to Thy ...
Across the twelve psalms exists a theme of the judgment from God and how the people of the Bible must follow the Law of God. According to Hermann Gunkel , there are many genres of Psalms including: Hymns, Communal Laments, Individual Laments, Individual Song of Thanksgiving, Wisdom Poems, Pilgrimage Songs and Liturgies. [ 5 ]
Psalm 136 is the 136th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible , and a book of the Christian Old Testament .
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The words used in the Bible in Hebrew to designate mercy, including divine mercy, are rakham (Exodus 34:6; Isaiah 55:7), khanan (Deut. 4:31) and khesed (Nehemiah 9:32). [2]In the Greek of the New Testament and of the Septuagint, the word most commonly used to designate mercy, including divine mercy, is eleos.