Psalms 85:3

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You have forgiven the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. Selah.

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  • Deut 13:17 : 17 Gather all the spoil of that city into its public square and burn the city and all its plunder as a complete offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 So He said He would destroy them had not Moses, His chosen one, stood in the breach before Him to turn His wrath away from destroying them.
  • Ps 78:38 : 38 Yet He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. Time and again, He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath.
  • Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and withdraw His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
  • Exod 32:11-12 : 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?" 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent concerning this disaster against your people.
  • Exod 32:22 : 22 Aaron replied, "Do not let my lord's anger burn hot. You know these people yourself, that they are bent on evil.
  • Isa 6:7 : 7 He touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is removed, and your sin is atoned for."
  • Isa 12:1 : 1 On that day, you will say, "I will praise you, LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me."
  • Isa 54:7-9 : 7 For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer. 9 To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn not to be angry with you or rebuke you. 10 Though the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, my steadfast love will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be broken, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

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  • Ps 85:4-6
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    4 You have withdrawn all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.

    5 Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your anger toward us.

    6 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations?

  • Ps 85:1-2
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    1 For the choir director: A psalm of the sons of Korah.

    2 LORD, you have shown favor to your land; you have restored the fortunes of Jacob.

  • Lam 3:42-44
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    42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.

    43 You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain without pity.

    44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

  • Lam 5:21-22
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    21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old.

    22 Unless you have utterly rejected us and are exceedingly angry with us.

  • 38 Yet He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. Time and again, He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath.

  • 10 When God rose up to judge, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah.

  • 8 Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • 1 On that day, you will say, "I will praise you, LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me."

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  • 5 Will you always be angry? Will you remain so forever? This is what you say, but you do all the evil you can.

  • Ps 90:7-8
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    7 We are consumed by your anger, and terrified by your wrath.

    8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

  • 18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.

  • 12 In wrath You marched through the earth; in anger You threshed the nations.

  • Ps 80:3-4
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    3 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken your might; come to save us!

    4 God, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.

  • 38 Like the moon, it will be established forever, a faithful witness in the sky. Selah

  • 4 Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride on horses. We will no longer call what we have made with our hands 'our gods.' In you the orphan finds mercy.

  • 4 You who tear yourself in anger—for your sake should the earth be abandoned, and the rock moved from its place?

  • 11 Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.

  • 7 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse fell into a deep sleep.

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  • 5 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like filthy rags. We wither like a leaf, and our sins carry us away like the wind.

  • 46 You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

  • 8 Lord our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

  • 10 I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • 4 But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

  • 9 Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise come to an end for all generations?

  • 7 You have placed me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

  • 15 But You, O Lord, are a God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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  • 17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

  • 3 You turn humankind back to dust, saying, 'Return, O children of man.'

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