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“For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive.”
The psalm presents forgiveness as a readiness rooted in goodness, not something reluctantly extracted after endless persuasion.
Source note: Psalm 86:5 in the King James Version; opening clause of the verse’s description of divine mercy.