For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion In proportion to His abundant mercy.

主虽使人忧愁，还要照他诸般的慈爱发怜悯。

他虽使人忧愁，还要照他丰盛的慈爱施怜悯；

他虽使人忧愁，还要照他丰盛的慈爱施怜悯；

主尽管使人忧伤，祂依然怜悯人，因为祂有无限的慈爱。

他虽然使人忧愁，却必照着他丰盛的慈爱施怜悯。

主雖使人憂愁，還要照他諸般的慈愛發憐憫。

他雖使人憂愁，還要照他豐盛的慈愛施憐憫；

他雖使人憂愁，還要照他豐盛的慈愛施憐憫；

主儘管使人憂傷，祂依然憐憫人，因為祂有無限的慈愛。

他雖然使人憂愁，卻必照著他豐盛的慈愛施憐憫。

因為主雖使人受苦，還要照他豐盛的堅愛施憐憫。

雖使人憂戚、尚循其慈惠之富、而加矜恤兮、

雖令人懷憂、必加矜恤、仁澤靡涯兮、

雖使人懷憂、必憑大仁慈、加以矜恤、

Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.

He might bring suffering. But he will also show loving concern. How great his faithful love is!

but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.

Even if he causes suffering, he will show compassion according to the abundance of his faithful love.

Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.

For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Even if He causes suffering, He will show compassion according to His abundant, faithful love.

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, All My compassions are kindled.

But He, being compassionate, forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not stir up all His wrath.

Many times He would rescue them; They, however, were rebellious in their plan, And they sank down into their guilt.Nevertheless He looked at their distress When He heard their cry;And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His mercy.

And the Lord said,“ I have certainly seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.

The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail.

Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.

But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and He was unwilling to eliminate them or cast them away from His presence until now.

So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

So he set out and came to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will certainly have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.