The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
"Good to all" is a bigger claim than it sounds like at first. Not good to the deserving. Not good to the ones who've earned it through good behavior or the right beliefs. All. And then it goes further — mercy over all that he has made, meaning it isn't rationed out to people who impress Him, it's spread across everything that exists.
If your picture of God has Him keeping score, doling out kindness to whoever's currently in His good graces, this verse doesn't match that. It describes something closer to weather than to a reward system — mercy that falls generally, not selectively.
That's not the same as saying nothing matters or nothing's ever wrong. It's saying the starting posture of God toward what He's made is goodness, not suspicion. If you've been picturing Him waiting to catch you out, this verse is worth putting next to that picture and asking which one actually fits.
If you've assumed God's default toward you is disappointment, it's worth looking at how Jesus actually treated the people everyone else had written off.
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.