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Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
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Prayer Rests on Mercy, Not Merit
Commentators like John Calvin emphasize that the psalmist's appeal to God's 'great' and 'many' mercies shows a complete reliance on God's character, not personal worthiness. Our confidence in approaching God comes from the persuasion that His promises of salvation are based entirely on His own merciful nature, not on anything we have done to deserve them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord - They are many, or multiplied. The word rendered “tender mercies” is the same which occurs in…
19th Century
Baptist
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Here again, you see, he puts judgment and mercy togethe…
16th Century
Protestant
O Jehovah, your tender mercies are many; as if he had said that no offenders are safe except those who turn to the divine mercy. Furthermo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Great [are] your tender mercies, O Lord Not his providential mercies only, which are many and undeserved, and consta…
The closer we cling to the word of God, both as our rule and as our support, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of H…
