Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.

神啊，求你按你的慈爱怜恤我！按你丰盛的慈悲涂抹我的过犯！

上帝啊，求你按你的慈爱恩待我！按你丰盛的怜悯涂去我的过犯！

神啊，求你按你的慈爱恩待我！按你丰盛的怜悯涂去我的过犯！

上帝啊，求你怜悯我，因为你的慈爱永不改变；求你除去我的过犯，因为你有无限的怜悯。

神啊！求你按着你的慈爱恩待我，照着你丰盛的怜悯涂抹我的过犯。

神哪，求你照着你的慈爱恩待我，照着你丰盛的怜悯抹掉我的过犯！

神啊，求你按你的慈愛憐恤我！按你豐盛的慈悲塗抹我的過犯！

上帝啊，求你按你的慈愛恩待我！按你豐盛的憐憫塗去我的過犯！

神啊，求你按你的慈愛恩待我！按你豐盛的憐憫塗去我的過犯！

上帝啊，求你憐憫我，因為你的慈愛永不改變；求你除去我的過犯，因為你有無限的憐憫。

神啊！求你按著你的慈愛恩待我，照著你豐盛的憐憫塗抹我的過犯。

上帝啊，按你堅固之愛恩待我！按你豐盛的慈悲塗抹我的過犯哦！

神哪，求你照著你的慈愛恩待我，照著你豐盛的憐憫抹掉我的過犯！

上帝歟、依爾恩惠憫我躬、循爾鴻慈塗我過兮、

上帝矜恤無涯、憐憫乎我、塗抹我愆尤、

求天主按主之恩惠矜恤我、以主大憐憫、塗抹我之愆尤、

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

God, have mercy on me according to your faithful love. Because your love is so tender and kind, wipe out my lawless acts.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.

Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings.

Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithful love; according to Your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.

“ I— yes, I alone— will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.

I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.”

Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.

Answer my prayers, O Lord, for your unfailing love is wonderful. Take care of me, for your mercy is so plentiful.

He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told,“ She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”Then David sent messengers to get her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period. Then she returned home.Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying,“ I’m pregnant.”Then David sent word to Joab:“ Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.Then he told Uriah,“ Go on home and relax.” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked,“ What’s the matter? Why didn’t you go home last night after being away for so long?”Uriah replied,“ The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”“ Well, stay here today,” David told him,“ and tomorrow you may return to the army.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn’t get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver.The letter instructed Joab,“ Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were fighting.And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.Then Joab sent a battle report to David.He told his messenger,“ Report all the news of the battle to the king.But he might get angry and ask,‘ Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn’t they know there would be shooting from the walls?Wasn’t Abimelech son of Gideon killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall?’ Then tell him,‘ Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.’”So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.“ The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said.“ And as we chased them back to the city gate,the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of the king’s men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.”“ Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said.“ The sword devours this one today and that one tomorrow! Fight harder next time, and conquer the city!”When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.So the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story:“ There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, and one was poor.The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle.The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”David was furious.“ As surely as the Lord lives,” he vowed,“ any man who would do such a thing deserves to die!He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”Then Nathan said to David,“ You are that man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.I gave you your master’s house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.“ This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”Then David confessed to Nathan,“ I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied,“ Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin.

He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.

Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

I am your servant; deal with me in unfailing love, and teach me your decrees.

‘ The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.’In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out,“ Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.”

Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me. Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.

God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead.( It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.

Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.

Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past.Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.

Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house; I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.

But deal well with me, O Sovereign Lord, for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.

Where is another God like you, who pardons the guilt of the remnant, overlooking the sins of his special people? You will not stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing unfailing love.Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!

I will tell of the Lord’s unfailing love. I will praise the Lord for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love.

“ O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city— the city that bears your name— lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.

Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.

But I keep praying to you, Lord, hoping this time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.

But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude

The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.

Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of the builders.”

Lord, you know all about their murderous plots against me. Don’t forgive their crimes and blot out their sins. Let them die before you. Deal with them in your anger.