Deliverme from bloodguiltiness,O God,the Godof my salvation;[Then] my tonguewill joyfullysingof Your righteousness.
Reubenansweredthem, saying,"Did I not tellyou, 'Do not sinagainst the boy;and you would not listen?Nowcomesthe reckoningfor his blood."
"Whoever shedsman'sblood,By manhis bloodshall be shed,For in the imageof GodHe mademan.
Whyhave you despisedthe wordof the LORDby doingevilin His sight?You have struckdownUriahthe Hittitewith the sword,have takenhis wifeto be your wife,and have killedhim with the swordof the sonsof Ammon.
Now there was a faminein the daysof Davidfor threeyears,yearafteryear;and Davidsoughtthe presenceof the LORD.And the LORDsaid,"It is for Sauland his bloodyhouse,becausehe putthe Gibeonitesto death."
Afterwardwhen Davidheardit, he said,"I and my kingdomare innocentbeforethe LORDforeverof the bloodof Abnerthe sonof Ner.
"Afterallthat has comeupon us for our evildeedsand our greatguilt,sinceYou our Godhave requited[us] lessthanour iniquities[deserve], and have givenus an escapedremnantas this,
"However, You are justin allthat has comeupon us; For You have dealtfaithfully,but we have actedwickedly.
Leadme in Your truthand teachme, For You are the Godof my salvation;For You I waitallthe day.
Do not takemy soulaway[along] with sinners,Normy lifewith menof bloodshed,
And my tongueshall declareYour righteousness[And] Your praisealldaylong.
Makehasteto helpme, O Lord,my salvation!
But You, O God,will bringthem downto the pitof destruction;Menof bloodshedand deceitwill not liveout halftheir days.But I will trustin You.
Godis to us a Godof deliverances;And to GODthe Lordbelong escapesfrom death.
O LORD,the Godof my salvation,I have criedout by dayand in the nightbeforeYou.
"Behold,Godis my salvation,I will trustand not be afraid;For the LORDGODis my strengthand song,And He has becomemy salvation."
Israelhas been savedby the LORDWith an everlastingsalvation;You will not be putto shameor humiliatedTo alleternity.
"When I sayto the wicked,'O wickedman,you will surelydie,'and you do not speakto warnthe wickedfrom his way,that wickedmanshall diein his iniquity,but his bloodI will requirefrom your hand.
"O Lord,in accordance with allYour righteousacts,let nowYour angerand Your wrathturnawayfrom Your cityJerusalem,Your holymountain;for becauseof our sinsand the iniquitiesof our fathers,Jerusalemand Your people[have become] a reproachto allthose aroundus.
"Righteousnessbelongs to You, O Lord,but to us openshame,as it is thisday--to the menof Judah,the inhabitantsof Jerusalemand allIsrael,those who are nearbyand those who are faraway in allthe countriesto whichYou have driventhem, because of their unfaithfuldeedswhichthey have committedagainst You.
[There is] swearing,deception,murder,stealingand adultery.They employviolence,so that bloodshedfollowsbloodshed.
Yet I will exultin the LORD,I will rejoicein the Godof my salvation.
But when they resistedand blasphemed,he shookout his garmentsand saidto them, "Your blood[be] on your own heads!I am clean.From nowon I will goto the Gentiles."
"Therefore,I testifyto you thisdaythat I aminnocentof the bloodof all men.
For not knowingabout God'srighteousnessand seekingto establishtheir own,they did not subjectthemselves to the righteousnessof God.
