Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, (A)compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and [a]truth; who (B)keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He (C)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (D)inflicting the [b]punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:6 Or trustworthiness
  2. Exodus 34:7 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 36:5 Lit is in

How (A)precious is Your mercy, God!
And the sons of mankind (B)take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

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A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.

For the music 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, God, according to Your faithfulness;
According to the greatness of (B)Your compassion, (C)wipe out my wrongdoings.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51 Title 2 Sam 12:1

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