he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
“What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this.
But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.