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

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D) maintaining love to thousands,(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(H)

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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

Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
    your faithfulness(A) to the skies.(B)

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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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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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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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  1. Psalm 51:1 2 Sam 12:1

Psalm 51[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.(A)

Have mercy(B) on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;(C)
according to your great compassion(D)
    blot out(E) my transgressions.(F)

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  1. Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.