Exodus 34:6

Hebrew Bible

4 So Moses cut out two tablets of stone like the first; early in the morning he went up to Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone. 5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name. 6 The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, 7 keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.” 8 Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped

Psalm 103:8

Hebrew Bible

6 The Lord does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed. 7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts to Moses, his deeds to the Israelites. 8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love. 9 He does not always accuse and does not stay angry. 10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.

 Notes and References

"... Let us return to Sarah, who may be described as “theologically skilled”. The first blessing has its closest templates within the Tanakh, in Psalm 119 / 118:12 and in 1 Chronicles 29:10 which have their equivalent in the Hebrew formula being used and extended up to present time in the Jewish prayers on different occasions ... If we compare those occurrences mentioned above to our text in the book of Tobit, Sarah adds in GI after “Blessed are you, o Lord” only ὁ θεός μου (“my God”), so she makes the address more personal as she speaks to her God. GII varies with (“Blessed are you, merciful God!”). This way Sarah addresses God as a “compassionate” one ... Usually the Hebrew (“gracious, friendly”) is the base for the Greek (“pitiful, merciful, compassionate”; 12x: Exodus 22:26; 34:6; 2 Chronicles 30:9; Nehemiah 9:17, 31; Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 111:4; 112:4; 116:5; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2), 3x (Proverbs 11:17; 20:6; 28:22) and only once (Jeremiah 3:12) or (Psalm 145:8) ... With this phrase she expresses her positive attitude towards God, who sympathizes with needy people and on whom she sets her hope ..."

Egger-Wenzel, Renate "Sarah’s Grief to Death (Tob 3:7–17)" in Reif, Stefan C., and Renate Egger-Wenzel (eds.) Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions (pp. 193-219) De Gruyter, 2015

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