1:18 1 Come, let’s consider your options,” 2 says the Lord.
“Though your sins have stained you like the color red,
you can become 3 white like snow;
though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet,
you can become 4 white like wool. 5
43:25 I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake;
your sins I do not remember.
For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David’s affair with Bathsheba. 9
51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of 10 your loyal love!
Because of 11 your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts! 12
51:9 Hide your face 13 from my sins!
Wipe away 14 all my guilt!
103:12 As far as the eastern horizon 15 is from the west, 16
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions 17 from us.
109:14 May his ancestors’ 18 sins be remembered by the Lord!
May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! 19
18:23 But you, Lord, know
all their plots to kill me.
Do not pardon their crimes!
Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! 20
Let them be brought down in defeat before you!
Deal with them while you are still angry! 21