Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, (A)compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and [a]truth; who (B)keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He (C)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (D)visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

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  1. Exodus 34:6 Or faithfulness

Your (A)lovingkindness, O Lord, [a]extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

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  1. Psalm 36:5 Lit is in

How (A)precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men (B)take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

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A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when [a]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 (A)Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of (B)Your compassion (C)blot out my transgressions.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:1 2 Sam 12:1