Psalms 145:17

The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. The Hebrew for "holy," chaciyd (H2623) [ hagios (G40)], is not that which expresses God's hallowed and unapproachable sanctity, qadowsh (H6918). Chaciyd (H2623), as applied to God, expresses goodness, and clement benignity, in giving and forgiving [ hosios (G3741)]. It is applied to the Father's "Holy One" (Psalms 16:10). As applied to man, it means pious, including also a loving spirit toward man. The Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate translate as the English version, "holy;" but the Chaldaic and Syriac, 'merciful.' Righteousness and loving-kindness are often combined in descriptions of the Lord in His relations to men.