Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
The law of God » Saints » Delight in
For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my delight.
Mercy » Sought
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail);
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.
O Lord, I have heard the report about You and I fear.
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath [earnestly] remember compassion and love.
O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous and just acts, please let Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the wickedness of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn and a contemptuous byword to all who are around us.
Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.
Listen to the prayer of Your servant and of Your people Israel which they pray toward this place. Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my delight.
Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Lord, and do not put the guilt of innocent blood among Your people Israel.’ And the guilt of blood shall be forgiven them.