Psalms For Mercy And Forgiveness

Psalm 32

A Psalm of David.

A Maskil.

1 Blessed is he whose transgression

is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord

imputes no iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

3 When I declared not my sin,

my body wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night

thy hand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up

as by the heat of summer.

5 I acknowledged my sin to thee,

and I did not hide my iniquity;

I said, "I will confess my transgressions to

the Lord";

then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin.

6 Therefore, let every one who is Godly

offer prayer to thee;

at a time of distress, in the rush of great waters,

they shall not reach him.

7 Thou art a hiding place for me,

thou preservest me from trouble;

thou dost encompass me with deliverance.

8 I will instruct you and teach you

the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

9 Be not like a horse or a mule,

without understanding,

which must be curbed with bit and bridle,

else it will not keep with you.

10 Many are the pangs of the wicked;

but steadfast love surrounds him who

trusts in the Lord.

11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice,

O righteous,

and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Psalm 38

A Psalm of David,

for the memorial offering.

1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy anger,

nor chasten me in thy wrath!

2 For thy arrows have sunk into me,

and thy hand has come down on me.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh

because of thy indignation;

there is no health in my bones

because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;

they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

5 My wounds grow foul and fester

because of my foolishness,

6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;

all the day I go about mourning.

7 For my loins are filled with burning,

and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am utterly spent and crushed;

I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

9 Lord, all my longing is known to thee,

my sighing is not hidden from thee.

10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me;

and the light of my eyes - it also has gone

from me.

11 My friends and companions stand aloof

from my plague,

and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 Those who seek my life lay their snares,

those who seek my hurt speak of ruin,

and meditate treachery all the day long.

13 But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear,

like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.

14 Yea, I am like a man who does not hear,

and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

15 But for thee, O Lord, do I wait;

it is thou, O Lord my God,

who wilt answer me.

16 For I pray,

"Only let them not rejoice over me,

who boast against me when my foot slips!"

17 For I am ready to fall,

and my pain is ever with me.

18 I confess my iniquity,

I am sorry for my sin.

19 Those who are my foes without cause are mighty,

and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

20 Those who render me evil for good

are my adversaries because I follow after good.

21 Do not forsake me, O Lord!

O my God, be not far from me!

22 Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

Psalm 39

…. For mercy

Psalm 51

To the choirmaster.

A Psalm of David, when Nathan

the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to

Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy on me, O God,

according to thy steadfast love;

according to thy abundant mercy

blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin!

3 For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,

and done that which is evil in thy sight,

so that thou art justified in thy sentence

and blameless in thy judgment.

5 …

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being;

therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Fill me with joy and gladness;

let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins,

and blot out all my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and put a new and right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence,

and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation,

and uphold me with a willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors thy ways,

and sinners will return to thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,

thou God of my salvation,

and my tongue will sing aloud of thy

deliverance.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips,

and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

16 For thou hast no delight in sacrifice from sinners;

were I to give a burnt offering,

thou wouldst not be pleased,

because of the sin I have committed.

17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou

wilt not despise.

18 Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure;

rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

19 then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices,

in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;

then bulls will be offered on thy altar.

(Giving birth is not a sin. Therefore, the following are unfit:

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

and in sin did my mother conceive me.)

Psalm 130

A Song of Ascents.

1 Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord!

2 Lord, hear my voice!

Let thy ears be attentive

to the voice of my supplications!

3 If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities,

Lord, who could stand?

4 But there is forgiveness with thee,

that thou mayest be feared.

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and in His word I hope;

6 my soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!

For with the Lord there is steadfast love,

and with Him is plenteous redemption.

8 And He will redeem Israel

from all his iniquities.