16 (A)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (B)which I have made.

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18 (A)Who is a God like You,
(B)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of (C)the remnant of His heritage?

(D)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in (E)mercy.[a]

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  1. Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness

(A)Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

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Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (A)the Father of spirits and live?

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24 O Lord, (A)correct me, but with justice;
Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

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Thus says God the Lord,
(A)Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
(B)Who gives breath to the people on it,
And spirit to those who walk on it:

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(A)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 (B)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (C)removed our transgressions from us.
13 (D)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He [a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, (E)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 (F)For the wind passes over it, and it is [b]gone,
And (G)its place remembers it no more.

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  1. Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution
  2. Psalm 103:16 not

38 (A)But He, being full of (B)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time (C)He turned His anger away,
And (D)did not stir up all His wrath;
39 For (E)He remembered (F)that they were but flesh,
(G)A breath that passes away and does not come again.

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16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the Lord lives, (A)who made our very souls, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”

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22 Then they (A)fell[a] on their faces, and said, “O God, (B)the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the (C)congregation?”

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  1. Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves

The Coming Deliverance of Judah

12 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, (A)who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and (B)forms the spirit of man within him:

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 12:1 oracle, prophecy

14 If He should set His heart on it,
If He should (A)gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
15 (B)All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

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And the Lord said, (A)“My Spirit shall not (B)strive[a] with man forever, (C)for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:3 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. abide

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