פֶּ֫שַׁע

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

…maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.

Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

…if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.

Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

…then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.

I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.