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El Malei Rachamim" (Hebrew: אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, lit., "God full of Mercy", or "Merciful God") is a Jewish prayer for the soul of a person who has died, usually recited at the graveside during the burial service and at memorial services during the year.
Verse 6 is recited in Roka Ha'Aretz Al HaMayim of Birkat HaShachar. [16] Verse 7 is part of Likel Barukh in Blessings before the Shema. [17] Verse 25 is part of the opening paragraph of Birkat Hamazon. [18] Verse 1, [They] worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever"
In his comments on this verse, Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide refers to a saying attributed to Simeon the Just, in Pirke Aboth, i.e., The sentences of the Fathers, "The world rests upon, and is supported by three things, 1. by the law, 2. by Divine worship, and 3. by mercy."
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.
for they shall obtain mercy. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is: μακάριοι οἱ ἐλεήμονες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐλεηθήσονται. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub: Matthew 5:7.
The idea that God is "all good" is called his omnibenevolence. Critics of Christian conceptions of God as all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful cite the presence of evil in the world as evidence that it is impossible for all three attributes to be true; this apparent contradiction is known as the problem of evil.
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7 And blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 8 And blessed are all the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 And blessed are all the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. 10 And blessed are all they who are persecuted for my name’s sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.