¹⁷ “Now may the Lord’s strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 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) 19} In accordance with your great love, forgive^(C) the sin of these people,^(D) just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”^(E)

²⁰ The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them,^(F) as you asked.

Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil.^[a]

³² Be kind and compassionate to one another,^(A) forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.^(B)

¹³ Bear with each other^(A) and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.^(B)