18 (A)The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but (B)He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (C)inflicting the [a]punishment of the fathers on the children [b]to the third and the fourth generations.’

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  1. Numbers 14:18 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  2. Numbers 14:18 Lit on

18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’(B)

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Know therefore that the Lord your God, (A)He is God, (B)the faithful God, (C)who keeps [a]His covenant and [b]His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who (D)love Him and keep His commandments;

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:9 Lit the
  2. Deuteronomy 7:9 Lit the

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;(A) he is the faithful God,(B) keeping his covenant of love(C) to a thousand generations(D) of those who love him and keep his commandments.(E)

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Your (A)mercy, 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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For (A)the Lord is good;
(B)His mercy is everlasting
And His (C)faithfulness is to all generations.

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For the Lord is good(A) and his love endures forever;(B)
    his faithfulness(C) continues through all generations.

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18 Who is a God like You, who (A)pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the (B)remnant of His [a]possession?
He does not (C)retain His anger forever,
Because He (D)delights in mercy.
19 He will again take pity on us;
(E)He will trample on our wrongdoings.
Yes, You will (F)cast all [b]their sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give [c](G)truth to Jacob
And favor to Abraham,
Which You (H)swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.

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  1. Micah 7:18 Or inheritance
  2. Micah 7:19 Several ancient versions our
  3. Micah 7:20 Or faithfulness

18 Who is a God(A) like you,
    who pardons sin(B) and forgives(C) the transgression
    of the remnant(D) of his inheritance?(E)
You do not stay angry(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities(H) into the depths of the sea.(I)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,(J)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(K)
    in days long ago.(L)

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