⁷ “Blessed are ^(A)the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

^33 (A)And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ ^34 (B)And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,^{[a] (C)}until he should pay all his debt. ^35 (D)So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother ^(E)from your heart.”

^25 (A)“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? ^26 (B)When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. ²⁷ Again, ^(C)when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. ²⁸ Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²⁹ Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

³⁰ “Therefore ^(D)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^(E)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, ^(F)lest iniquity be your ruin.^[a]

O Lord, Be Gracious to Me

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

¹⁷ They refused to obey ^(A)and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.^[a] But you are a God ready to forgive, ^(B)gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

³² then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, ^(A)condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.