The LORDis good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercy rests upon everything He has made. His goodness is active and constant, as the great benefactor He opens His hand to supply every temporal and spiritual blessing and fills the earth with numberless treasures for the happiness of all living things. That mercy forgets no one, reaching even evildoers, apostates, and rebels with life and daily benefits, and embracing animals, the sick, those hungering for light, and repentant children who turn to Him. It reaches its height in giving His only-begotten Son to live among men and be numbered with transgressors, opening a fountain for sin where full forgiveness, peace, and compassionate intercession are found. Because His care is so sure and abundant, His children can trust Him without anxious worry, praise Him with abundant remembrance, and reflect Him by showing tender compassion to others and lessening suffering among His creatures.
Scope and Work of Goodness
The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercy rests upon all that He has made. That goodness is universal in scope, extending over every work of His hands and calling forth remembrance and praise.
That goodness reaches even evildoers, apostates, and rebels. He patiently permits them to live, compassionately supplies their needs, and causes His benefits to reach them all.
No one is forgotten by Him. His mercy embraces animals as His creatures, people in every country including those who lack truth and hunger for light, safety, and deeper spirituality, the sick and those who trust Him, and erring children who repent, love Him, and desire to serve Him.
His goodness and compassion are active and constant. As the universe's great Benefactor of infinite love, He works for the good and happiness of the human family, constantly and untiringly laboring for human happiness. He has placed numberless treasures within reach, opens His hand to satisfy the desire of every living thing, and fills the earth with His goodness. Every temporal and spiritual blessing comes from Him, and He is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort whose forbearance, love, and compassion creation declares with myriad voice.
Suffering and unhappiness are not evidence that God delights in pain or does wrong. People's own plans can bring suffering and unhappiness upon themselves, and the suffering and early death of children can come from parents' disregard of the laws of health.
His goodness reaches its height in giving His only-begotten Son to live among men and be numbered with transgressors for their salvation. For humanity He has made especially ample provision through Jesus as the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness, the sin-pardoning Redeemer who offers complete forgiveness, brings peace to the soul, and receives those who come for forgiveness and seek to follow His will. His love and favor are greater than people deserve, and His mercy is seen in the compassionate help of the High Priest who understands human weakness and intercedes for them.
The God whose mercy covers all His works also makes the path of the just shine brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
Trust and Reflect Mercy
The declaration that the Lord is good to everyone and that His tender mercy rests upon all He has made is itself a call to recognize His abundant goodness and mercies and to answer with abundant remembrance and praise. The psalm sets forth His goodness and His works together, so that His goodness calls forth praise as its fitting response. To see that mercy extended over all His works is to acknowledge how full and undeserved that goodness is.
That tender care extending over all His works includes His children, making Him a present help in every time of need, so they can trust Him rather than worry over what they cannot control. His care reaches the sick and those who trust Him, and He receives those who come to Him for forgiveness and seek to follow His will. Confidence therefore rests not on managing the future but on being held within a mercy that never withdraws.
Those who live under such mercy are to reflect it by showing tender, compassionate love and by communicating His gracious character to others. They are to reveal His benevolent character and mercy in word and deed, since every temporal and spiritual blessing comes from Him as the benefactor of the universe. Human kindness thus becomes the visible echo of the divine tenderness that covers all His works.
Because all life and being come from Him, everything humans have and are is owed to Him. His goodness to every person leaves no one forgotten, as constantly and untiringly He works for human happiness, placing numberless treasures within reach, opening His hand to satisfy the desire of every living thing, and filling the earth with His goodness. As the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, His forbearance, love, and compassion are declared by creation with myriad voice, and His goodness reaches its height in giving His only-begotten Son to live among men and be numbered with transgressors for their salvation. Since His tender mercy extends to all He has made, including animals as His creatures, people must not cause them pain through harsh treatment or neglect, but should seek to lessen the suffering brought upon creation by human sin.
The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercy rests upon everything He has made. His goodness is active and constant, as the great benefactor He opens His hand to supply every temporal and spiritual blessing and fills the earth with numberless treasures for the happiness of all living things. That mercy forgets no one, reaching even evildoers, apostates, and rebels with life and daily benefits, and embracing animals, the sick, those hungering for light, and repentant children who turn to Him. It reaches its height in giving His only-begotten Son to live among men and be numbered with transgressors, opening a fountain for sin where full forgiveness, peace, and compassionate intercession are found. Because His care is so sure and abundant, His children can trust Him without anxious worry, praise Him with abundant remembrance, and reflect Him by showing tender compassion to others and lessening suffering among His creatures.
Scope and Work of Goodness
The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercy rests upon all that He has made. That goodness is universal in scope, extending over every work of His hands and calling forth remembrance and praise.
That goodness reaches even evildoers, apostates, and rebels. He patiently permits them to live, compassionately supplies their needs, and causes His benefits to reach them all.
No one is forgotten by Him. His mercy embraces animals as His creatures, people in every country including those who lack truth and hunger for light, safety, and deeper spirituality, the sick and those who trust Him, and erring children who repent, love Him, and desire to serve Him.
His goodness and compassion are active and constant. As the universe's great Benefactor of infinite love, He works for the good and happiness of the human family, constantly and untiringly laboring for human happiness. He has placed numberless treasures within reach, opens His hand to satisfy the desire of every living thing, and fills the earth with His goodness. Every temporal and spiritual blessing comes from Him, and He is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort whose forbearance, love, and compassion creation declares with myriad voice.
Suffering and unhappiness are not evidence that God delights in pain or does wrong. People's own plans can bring suffering and unhappiness upon themselves, and the suffering and early death of children can come from parents' disregard of the laws of health.
His goodness reaches its height in giving His only-begotten Son to live among men and be numbered with transgressors for their salvation. For humanity He has made especially ample provision through Jesus as the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness, the sin-pardoning Redeemer who offers complete forgiveness, brings peace to the soul, and receives those who come for forgiveness and seek to follow His will. His love and favor are greater than people deserve, and His mercy is seen in the compassionate help of the High Priest who understands human weakness and intercedes for them.
The God whose mercy covers all His works also makes the path of the just shine brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
Trust and Reflect Mercy
The declaration that the Lord is good to everyone and that His tender mercy rests upon all He has made is itself a call to recognize His abundant goodness and mercies and to answer with abundant remembrance and praise. The psalm sets forth His goodness and His works together, so that His goodness calls forth praise as its fitting response. To see that mercy extended over all His works is to acknowledge how full and undeserved that goodness is.
That tender care extending over all His works includes His children, making Him a present help in every time of need, so they can trust Him rather than worry over what they cannot control. His care reaches the sick and those who trust Him, and He receives those who come to Him for forgiveness and seek to follow His will. Confidence therefore rests not on managing the future but on being held within a mercy that never withdraws.
Those who live under such mercy are to reflect it by showing tender, compassionate love and by communicating His gracious character to others. They are to reveal His benevolent character and mercy in word and deed, since every temporal and spiritual blessing comes from Him as the benefactor of the universe. Human kindness thus becomes the visible echo of the divine tenderness that covers all His works.
Because all life and being come from Him, everything humans have and are is owed to Him. His goodness to every person leaves no one forgotten, as constantly and untiringly He works for human happiness, placing numberless treasures within reach, opening His hand to satisfy the desire of every living thing, and filling the earth with His goodness. As the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, His forbearance, love, and compassion are declared by creation with myriad voice, and His goodness reaches its height in giving His only-begotten Son to live among men and be numbered with transgressors for their salvation. Since His tender mercy extends to all He has made, including animals as His creatures, people must not cause them pain through harsh treatment or neglect, but should seek to lessen the suffering brought upon creation by human sin.