You bring bitter charges against me, even for what I did when I was young.

You bind chains on my feet; you watch every step I take, and even examine my footprints.

Then you will watch every step I take, but you will not keep track of my sins.

If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned?

LORD, you have examined me and you know me.

Can't you ever forgive my sin? Can't you pardon the wrong I do? Soon I will be in my grave, and I'll be gone when you look for me.

I keep my promise for thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin; but I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents."

'I, the LORD, am not easily angered, and I show great love and faithfulness and forgive sin and rebellion. Yet I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.'