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Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness,
    for they are from old times.

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Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,(A)
    for they are from of old.

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11 Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh.
    Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

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11 Do not withhold your mercy(A) from me, Lord;
    may your love(B) and faithfulness(C) always protect(D) me.

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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
    According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

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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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Footnotes

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

16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good.
    According to the multitude of your tender mercies, 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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38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them.
    Yes, many times he turned his anger away,
    and didn’t stir up all his wrath.

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38 Yet he was merciful;(A)
    he forgave(B) their iniquities(C)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(D)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.

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Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
    Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.

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Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(A)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.(B)

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15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God,
    slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

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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)

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who redeems your life from destruction,
    who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

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who redeems your life(A) from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,(B)

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Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

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The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(A)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.

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13 Like a father has compassion on his children,
    so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

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13 As a father has compassion(A) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

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Yahweh is gracious and righteous.
    Yes, our God is merciful.

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The Lord is gracious and righteous;(A)
    our God is full of compassion.(B)

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71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
    that I may learn your statutes.

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71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
    so that I might learn your decrees.

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156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh.
    Revive me according to your ordinances.

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156 Your compassion, Lord, is great;(A)
    preserve my life(B) according to your laws.(C)

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