1 Chronicles 21:13

WEB

¹³David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are very great. Don’t let me fall into man’s hand.”

KJV

¹³And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

BSB

¹³David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

FBV

¹³David replied to Gad, “This is an awful situation for me! Please, let the Lord decide my punishment,^[+] for he is so merciful. Don't let me be punished by people.”

Extra References

Psalms 130:7

⁷Israel, hope in the LORD, for there is loving kindness with the LORD. Abundant redemption is with him.

Isaiah 55:7

⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Hebrews 10:31

³¹It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Philippians 1:23

²³But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

John 12:27

²⁷“Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause.

Psalms 69:13

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

⁶The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The LORD! The LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, ⁷keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”

Isaiah 63:7

⁷I will tell of the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Psalms 130:4

⁴But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.

Psalms 86:15

¹⁵But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.