The Lord is kind and merciful

Merciful and gracious is the LORD
Slow to anger and abounding in kindness
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according To our crimes.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has Compassion of those who
fear him, for he knows how we are formed;
He remembers that we are dust. Man's days are
like those of grass; Like a flower of the field he blooms;
The wind sweeps over him over him and he is gone,
and his place knows him no more. But the kindness
of the LORD is from eternity to eternity toward those
who fear him, and his justice toward children's
children among those who keep his covenant
and remember to fulfill his precepts.