2 Tawarikh 28:9

28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. ¹ 

Ayub 42:6

42:6 Therefore I despise myself, ² 

and I repent in dust and ashes!

Mazmur 38:5

38:5 My wounds ³  are infected and starting to smell, ⁴ 

because of my foolish sins. ⁵ 

Yesaya 59:12

59:12 For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, ⁶ 

and our sins testify against us;

indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds;

we know our sins all too well. ⁷ 

Yeremia 3:25

3:25 Let us acknowledge ⁸  our shame.

Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. ⁹ 

For we have sinned against the Lord our God,

both we and our ancestors.

From earliest times to this very day

we have not obeyed the Lord our God.’

Yeremia 14:20

14:20 Lord, we confess that we have been wicked.

We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. ¹⁰ 

We have indeed ¹¹  sinned against you.

Yeremia 18:5

18:5 Then the Lord said to me, ¹² 

[28:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”

[42:6]  ² tn Or “despise what I said.” There is no object on the verb; Job could be despising himself or the things he said (see L. J. Kuyper, “Repentance of Job,” VT 9 [1959]: 91-94).

[38:5]  ³ sn The reference to wounds may be an extension of the metaphorical language of v. 2. The psalmist pictures himself as one whose flesh is ripped and torn by arrows.

[38:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “my wounds stink, they are festering” (cf. NEB).

[38:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “from before my foolishness.”

[59:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “for many are our rebellious deeds before you.”

[59:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] our rebellious deeds (are) with us, and our sins, we know them.”

[3:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “Let us lie down in….”

[3:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “Let us be covered with disgrace.”

[14:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “We acknowledge our wickedness [and] the iniquity of our [fore]fathers.” For the use of the word “know” to mean “confess,” “acknowledge” cf. BDB 394 s.v. יָדַע, Qal.1.f and compare the usage in Jer 3:13.

[14:20]  sn For a longer example of an individual identifying with the nation and confessing their sins and the sins of their forefathers see Ps 106.

[14:20]  ¹¹ tn This is another example of the intensive use of כִּי (ki). See BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e.

[18:5]  ¹² tn Heb “Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying.”