title: Mercy seat (disambiguation)
text: # Mercy seat (disambiguation)
  
  The mercy seat, in the Hebrew Bible, was the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant.
  
  Mercy seat may also refer to:
  
  ## Religion
  
  * Throne of Mercy, Christian iconography representing the Trinity
  * Mourner's bench, a bench located in front of the chancel in Methodist and other evangelical Christian churches
  * Misericord, a small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * The Mercy Seat (play), a 2002 play by Neil LaBute
  * "The Mercy Seat" (song), a 1988 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  * "Mercy Seat", a 1988 song by Ultra Vivid Scene from Ultra Vivid Scene
  * The Mercy Seat, a late-1980s band formed by Gordon Gano
  * The Mercy Seat, a 2000 album by Don Moen
  * The Mercy Seat, a 1998 novel by Rilla Askew
  