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