Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God.

A Psalm of David. A ^[a]Maskil.

⁴ I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the ^(A)great and awesome God, who ^(B)keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, ^5 (C)we have sinned, we have done wrong, and ^[a]acted wickedly and ^(D)rebelled, even ^(E)turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. ⁶ Moreover, we have not ^(F)listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

⁷ “^(G)Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us ^[b](H)open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in ^(I)all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You. ^8 [c]Open shame belongs to us, Lord, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. ⁹ To the Lord our God belong ^(J)compassion and forgiveness, ^[d]because we have ^(K)rebelled against Him; ¹⁰ and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His ^[e]teachings which He ^(L)set before us through His servants the prophets. ¹¹ Indeed, ^(M)all Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the ^(N)curse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. ¹² So He has ^(O)confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our ^[f](P)rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great disaster; for under the entire heaven there has ^(Q)not been done anything like what was done in Jerusalem. ¹³ Just as it is written in the ^(R)Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us; yet we have ^(S)not ^[g]sought the favor of the Lord our God by ^(T)turning from our wrongdoing and ^[h]giving attention to Your truth. ¹⁴ So the Lord has ^[i](U)kept the disaster in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is ^(V)righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

¹⁵ “And now, Lord, our God, You who ^(W)brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and ^(X)made a name for Yourself, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have been wicked. ¹⁶ Lord, in accordance with all Your ^[j]righteous acts, let now Your ^(Y)anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your ^(Z)holy mountain; for because of our sins and the wrongdoings of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an ^(AA)object of taunting to all those around us. ¹⁷ So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for ^[k]Your sake, Lord, ^(AB)let Your face shine on Your ^(AC)desolate sanctuary. ¹⁸ My God, ^(AD)incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and ^(AE)see our desolations and the city which is ^(AF)called by Your name; for we are not ^[l](AG)presenting our pleas before You based on ^[m]any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion. ¹⁹ Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, my God, ^(AH)do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

^9 (A)If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and ^(B)cleanse us from all unrighteousness.