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

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

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21 But you, O Lord my Lord,
    act on my behalf for your name’s sake;
    because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.(A)

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

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Psalm 51

Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon

To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy,
    blot out my transgressions.(A)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their

God’s Mercy Remembered

I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord,
    the praiseworthy acts of the Lord,
because of all that the Lord has done for us
    and the great favor to the house of Israel
that he has shown them according to his mercy,
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love.(A)

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45 For their sake he remembered his covenant
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.(A)

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

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

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How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(A)

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

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