The long-suffering of God is wonderful. Long does justice wait while mercy pleads with the sinner. But "righteousness and judgment are the establishment of His throne." Ps. 97:2, margin. "The Lord is slow to anger;" but He is "great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet." Nahum 1:3.

Guds langmodighed er forunderlig. Retfærdigheden venter længe, medens barmhjertigheden stræber efter at få synderen til at omvende sig. Men "retfærd og ret er hans trones støtte". "Herren er langmodig," men "hans kraft er stor Herren lader intet ustraffet. I uvejr og storm er hans vej, skyer er hans fødders støv."