But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
⛓ Read Psalm 86 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Echo2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Paul's mercy receives its texture from the Psalter's restatement of the Exodus 34 formula, 'a God merciful and gracious, abounding in steadfast love.' The grace that 'abounded exceedingly' resonates with this superabundant covenant mercy. A liturgical echo of the divine attributes.
Medium confidenceThomas addresses Jesus with the divine titles 'Lord... God' that the psalter repeatedly couples ('you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious'), reinforcing the deliberate transfer of YHWH-language to the risen Christ. Supporting Recurrence behind the primary Ps 35:23 allusion.
Low confidence