16 Answer me, O Lord, for your (A)steadfast love is good;
    according to your abundant (B)mercy, (C)turn to me.

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16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(A)
    in your great mercy turn to me.

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21 But you, O God my Lord,
    deal on my behalf (A)for your name's sake;
    because your (B)steadfast love is good, deliver me!

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21 But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;(A)
    out of the goodness of your love,(B) deliver me.(C)

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16 (A)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.

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16 Turn to me(A) and be gracious to me,(B)
    for I am lonely(C) and afflicted.

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Because your (A)steadfast love is better than life,
    my lips will praise you.

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Because your love is better than life,(A)
    my lips will glorify you.

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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.

51 (B)Have mercy on me,[a] O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your (C)abundant mercy
    (D)blot out my transgressions.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me

Psalm 51[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.(A)

Have mercy(B) on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;(C)
according to your great compassion(D)
    blot out(E) my transgressions.(F)

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  1. Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.

11 But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
    redeem me, and be gracious to me.

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11 I lead a blameless life;
    deliver me(A) and be merciful to me.

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19 He will (A)again have compassion on us;
    (B)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(C)You will cast all our[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.

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  1. Micah 7:19 Hebrew their

19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities(A) into the depths of the sea.(B)

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The Lord's Mercy Remembered

I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
    the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
    (A)and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

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Praise and Prayer

I will tell of the kindnesses(A) of the Lord,
    the deeds for which he is to be praised,
    according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good things(B)
    he has done for Israel,
    according to his compassion(C) and many kindnesses.

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45 For their sake he (A)remembered his covenant,
    and (B)relented according to (C)the abundance of his steadfast love.

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45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(A)
    and out of his great love(B) he relented.(C)

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15 But you, O Lord, are a God (A)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
16 (B)Turn to me and be gracious to me;
    give your strength to (C)your servant,
    and save (D)the son of your maidservant.

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15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious(A) God,
    slow to anger,(B) abounding(C) in love and faithfulness.(D)
16 Turn to me(E) and have mercy(F) on me;
    show your strength(G) in behalf of your servant;
save me, because I serve you
    just as my mother did.(H)

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13 But as for me, my (A)prayer is to you, O Lord.
    At (B)an acceptable time, O God,
    in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

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13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(A)
in your great love,(B) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.

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(A)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge (B)in the shadow of your wings.

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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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