¹⁹ Please ^(A)pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just ^(B)as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”

⁹ And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please ^(A)let the Lord go in the midst of us, for ^(B)it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for ^(C)your inheritance.”

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when ^(A)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

³² But now, if ^(A)you will forgive their sin—but if not, please ^(B)blot me out of ^(C)your book that you have written.”

¹⁴ And this is ^(A)the confidence that we have toward him, that ^(B)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and ^(C)God^[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. ^(D)There is sin that leads to death; ^(E)I do not say that one should pray for that.

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And ^(A)if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

God's Steadfast Love and Compassion