132 I answered then and said, I know, Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, in that he has mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world;
133 and compassionate, in that he has compassion upon those that turn to his law;
134 and longsuffering, for that he long suffers those that have sinned, as his creatures;
135 and bountiful, for that he is ready to give rather than to exact;
136 and of great mercy, for that he multiplies more and more mercies to them that are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come;
137 (for if he multiplied not his mercies, the world would not continue with them that dwell therein;)
138 and one that forgives, for if he did not forgive of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men would not remain living;