Psalms 86:15 - Exposition

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion. The appeal is to God's own revelation of himself. He had declared that he was "merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin" ( Exodus 34:6 , Exodus 34:7 ); he could not, therefore, desert the psalmist in his need. And gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth (comp. above, Psalms 86:5 ; and see also Numbers 14:18 ; Joel 2:13 ; Jonah 4:2 ).