Monday 14 March 2022

4I prayed to the Lord my God,and made confession, and said,

“Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God,who keeps covenant and loving kindness with thosewho love him and keep his commandments,5we have sinned, and have dealt perversely,and have done wickedly,and have rebelled,even turning aside from your preceptsand from your ordinances.6We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets,who spoke in your name to our kings,our princes, and our fathers,and to all the people of the land.

7“Lord, righteousness belongs to you,but to us confusion of face, as it is today—to the men of Judah,and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,and to all Israel,who are near, and who are far off,through all the countries where you have driven them,because of their trespassthat they have trespassed against you.8Lord, to us belongs confusion of face,to our kings, to our princes,and to our fathers,because we have sinned against you.9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness;for we have rebelled against him.10We haven’t obeyed the Lord our God’s voice,to walk in his laws,which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

8Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,for we are in desperate need.

9Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.

11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,will give you thanks forever.We will praise you forever, to all generations.

36“Therefore be merciful,even as your Father is also merciful.37Don’t judge,and you won’t be judged.Don’t condemn,and you won’t be condemned.Set free,and you will be set free.

38“Give, and it will be given to you:good measure, pressed down,shaken together, and running over,will be given to you.For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”