Verse 14

And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Gad{H1410}, I am in a great{H3966} strait{H6887}{(H8804)}: let us fall{H5307}{(H8799)} now into the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}; for his mercies{H7356} are great{H7227}: and let me not fall{H5307}{(H8799)} into the hand{H3027} of man{H120}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 51:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H5329}{H8764)}, A Psalm{H4210} of David{H1732}, when Nathan{H5416} the prophet{H5030} came{H935}{H8800)} unto him, after he had gone in{H935}{H8804)} to Bathsheba{H1339}. Have mercy{H2603}{H8798)} upon me, O God{H430}, according to thy lovingkindness{H2617}: according unto the multitude{H7230} of thy tender mercies{H7356} blot out{H4229}{H8798)} my transgressions{H6588}.
  • Ps 119:156 : 156 Great{H7227} are thy tender mercies{H7356}, O LORD{H3068}: quicken{H2421}{(H8761)} me according to thy judgments{H4941}.
  • Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness{H5547} with thee, that thou mayest be feared{H3372}{(H8735)}.
  • Ps 145:9 : 9 The LORD{H3068} is good{H2896} to all: and his tender mercies{H7356} are over all his works{H4639}.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous{H6662} man regardeth{H3045}{(H8802)} the life{H5315} of his beast{H929}: but the tender mercies{H7356} of the wicked{H7563} are cruel{H394}.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was wroth{H7107}{(H8804)} with my people{H5971}, I have polluted{H2490}{(H8765)} mine inheritance{H5159}, and given{H5414}{(H8799)} them into thine hand{H3027}: thou didst shew{H7760}{(H8804)} them no mercy{H7356}; upon the ancient{H2205} hast thou very{H3966} heavily{H3513}{(H8689)} laid thy yoke{H5923}.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked{H7563} forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} his way{H1870}, and the unrighteous{H205} man{H376} his thoughts{H4284}: and let him return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and he will have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon him; and to our God{H430}, for he will abundantly{H7235}{(H8686)} pardon{H5545}{(H8800)}.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, I pray{H577} thee, O LORD{H3068}, was not this my saying{H1697}, when I was yet in my country{H127}? Therefore I fled{H1272}{(H8800)} before{H6923}{(H8765)} unto Tarshish{H8659}: for I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} that thou art a gracious{H2587} God{H410}, and merciful{H7349}, slow{H750} to anger{H639}, and of great{H7227} kindness{H2617}, and repentest{H5162}{(H8737)} thee of the evil{H7451}.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God{H410} like unto thee, that pardoneth{H5375}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5771}, and passeth by{H5674}{(H8802)} the transgression{H6588} of the remnant{H7611} of his heritage{H5159}? he retaineth{H2388}{(H8689)} not his anger{H639} for ever{H5703}, because he delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} in mercy{H2617}.
  • Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very{H1419} sore{H7110} displeased{H7107}{(H8804)} with the heathen{H1471} that are at ease{H7600}: for I was but a little{H4592} displeased{H7107}{(H8802)}, and they helped{H5826}{(H8804)} forward the affliction{H7451}.
  • John 12:27 : 27 Now{G3568} is{G5015} my{G3450} soul{G5590} troubled{G5015}{(G5769)}; and{G2532} what{G5101} shall I say{G2036}{(G5632)}? Father{G3962}, save{G4982}{(G5657)} me{G3165} from{G1537} this{G5026} hour{G5610}: but{G235} for this{G5124} cause{G1223} came I{G2064}{(G5627)} unto{G1519} this{G5026} hour{G5610}.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For{G1063} I am in a strait{G4912}{(G5743)} betwixt{G1537} two{G1417}, having{G2192}{(G5723)} a desire{G1939} to{G1519} depart{G360}{(G5658)}, and{G2532} to be{G1511}{(G5750)} with{G4862} Christ{G5547}; which is far{G4183}{G3123} better{G2908}:
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord{H136}, art good{H2896}, and ready to forgive{H5546}; and plenteous{H7227} in mercy{H2617} unto all them that call{H7121}{H8802)} upon thee.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou, O Lord{H136}, art a God{H410} full of compassion{H7349}, and gracious{H2587}, longsuffering{H750}{H639}, and plenteous{H7227} in mercy{H2617} and truth{H571}.
  • Ps 103:8-9 : 8 The LORD{H3068} is merciful{H7349} and gracious{H2587}, slow{H750} to anger{H639}, and plenteous{H7227} in mercy{H2617}. 9 He will not always{H5331} chide{H7378}{(H8799)}: neither will he keep{H5201}{(H8799)} his anger for ever{H5769}. 10 He hath not dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} with us after our sins{H2399}; nor rewarded{H1580}{(H8804)} us according to our iniquities{H5771}. 11 For as the heaven{H8064} is high above{H1361}{(H8800)} the earth{H776}, so great{H1396}{(H8804)} is his mercy{H2617} toward them that fear{H3373} him. 12 As far as{H7368}{(H8800)} the east{H4217} is from the west{H4628}, so far hath he removed{H7368}{(H8689)} our transgressions{H6588} from us. 13 Like as a father{H1} pitieth{H7355}{(H8763)} his children{H1121}, so the LORD{H3068} pitieth{H7355}{(H8765)} them that fear{H3373} him. 14 For he knoweth{H3045}{(H8804)} our frame{H3336}; he remembereth{H2142}{(H8803)} that we are dust{H6083}.
  • Ps 106:41-42 : 41 And he gave{H5414}{(H8799)} them into the hand{H3027} of the heathen{H1471}; and they that hated{H8130}{(H8802)} them ruled{H4910}{(H8799)} over them. 42 Their enemies{H341}{(H8802)} also oppressed{H3905}{(H8799)} them, and they were brought into subjection{H3665}{(H8735)} under their hand{H3027}.
  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD{H3068} passed by{H5674}{(H8799)} before him{H6440}, and proclaimed{H7121}{(H8799)}, The LORD{H3068}, The LORD{H3068} God{H410}, merciful{H7349} and gracious{H2587}, longsuffering{H750}{H639}, and abundant{H7227} in goodness{H2617} and truth{H571}, 7 Keeping{H5341}{(H8802)} mercy{H2617} for thousands{H505}, forgiving{H5375}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5771} and transgression{H6588} and sin{H2403}, and that will by no means{H5352}{(H8763)} clear{H5352}{(H8762)} the guilty; visiting{H6485}{(H8802)} the iniquity{H5771} of the fathers{H1} upon the children{H1121}, and upon the children's{H1121} children, unto the third{H8029} and to the fourth{H7256} generation.
  • 1 Sam 13:6 : 6 When the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} that they were in a strait{H6887}{(H8804)},(for the people{H5971} were distressed{H5065}{(H8738)},) then the people{H5971} did hide{H2244}{(H8691)} themselves in caves{H4631}, and in thickets{H2337}, and in rocks{H5553}, and in high places{H6877}, and in pits{H953}.
  • 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 And when the servant{H8334}{(H8764)} of the man{H376} of God{H430} was risen{H6965}{(H8800)} early{H7925}{(H8686)}, and gone forth{H3318}{(H8799)}, behold, an host{H2428} compassed{H5437}{(H8802)} the city{H5892} both with horses{H5483} and chariots{H7393}. And his servant{H5288} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Alas{H162}, my master{H113}! how shall we do{H6213}{(H8799)}?
  • 2 Kgs 13:3-7 : 3 And the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} was kindled{H2734}{(H8799)} against Israel{H3478}, and he delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them into the hand{H3027} of Hazael{H2371} king{H4428} of Syria{H758}, and into the hand{H3027} of Benhadad{H1130} the son{H1121} of Hazael{H2371}, all their days{H3117}. 4 And Jehoahaz{H3059} besought{H2470}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3068}, and the LORD{H3068} hearkened{H8085}{(H8799)} unto{H6440} him: for he saw{H7200}{(H8804)} the oppression{H3906} of Israel{H3478}, because the king{H4428} of Syria{H758} oppressed{H3905}{(H8804)} them. 5 (And the LORD{H3068} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} Israel{H3478} a saviour{H3467}{(H8688)}, so that they went out{H3318}{(H8799)} from under the hand{H3027} of the Syrians{H758}: and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in their tents{H168}, as beforetime{H8032}{H8543}. 6 Nevertheless they departed{H5493}{(H8804)} not from the sins{H2403} of the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379}, who made Israel{H3478} sin{H2398}{(H8689)}, but walked{H1980}{(H8804)} therein: and there remained{H5975}{(H8804)} the grove{H842} also in Samaria{H8111}.) 7 Neither did he leave{H7604}{(H8689)} of the people{H5971} to Jehoahaz{H3059} but fifty{H2572} horsemen{H6571}, and ten{H6235} chariots{H7393}, and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} footmen{H7273}; for the king{H4428} of Syria{H758} had destroyed{H6}{(H8765)} them, and had made{H7760}{(H8799)} them like the dust{H6083} by threshing{H1758}{(H8800)}.
  • 1 Chr 21:13 : 13 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Gad{H1410}, I am in a great{H3966} strait{H6887}{(H8804)}: let me fall{H5307}{(H8799)} now into the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}; for very{H3966} great{H7227} are his mercies{H7356}: but let me not fall{H5307}{(H8799)} into the hand{H3027} of man{H120}.
  • 2 Chr 28:5-9 : 5 Wherefore the LORD{H3068} his God{H430} delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} him into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Syria{H758}; and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him, and carried away{H7617}{(H8799)} a great multitude{H1419} of them captives{H7633}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} them to Damascus{H1834}. And he was also delivered{H5414}{(H8737)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, who smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him with a great{H1419} slaughter{H4347}. 6 For Pekah{H6492} the son{H1121} of Remaliah{H7425} slew{H2026}{(H8799)} in Judah{H3063} an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} in one{H259} day{H3117}, which were all valiant{H2428} men{H1121}; because they had forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}. 7 And Zichri{H2147}, a mighty man{H1368} of Ephraim{H669}, slew{H2026}{(H8799)} Maaseiah{H4641} the king's{H4428} son{H1121}, and Azrikam{H5840} the governor{H5057} of the house{H1004}, and Elkanah{H511} that was next{H4932} to the king{H4428}. 8 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} carried away captive{H7617}{(H8799)} of their brethren{H251} two hundred{H3967} thousand{H505}, women{H802}, sons{H1121}, and daughters{H1323}, and took also away{H962}{(H8804)} much{H7227} spoil{H7998} from them, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} the spoil{H7998} to Samaria{H8111}. 9 But a prophet{H5030} of the LORD{H3068} was there, whose name{H8034} was Oded{H5752}: and he went out{H3318}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the host{H6635} that came{H935}{(H8802)} to Samaria{H8111}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Behold, because the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of your fathers{H1} was wroth{H2534} with Judah{H3063}, he hath delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} them into your hand{H3027}, and ye have slain{H2026}{(H8799)} them in a rage{H2197} that reacheth up{H5060}{(H8689)} unto heaven{H8064}.