You were watching to see if I would sin, so that you could refuse to forgive me.

What are my sins? What wrongs have I done? What crimes am I charged with?

Why do you avoid me? Why do you treat me like an enemy?

so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us forever. We are your people; be merciful to us.

"We have sinned and rebelled, and you, O LORD, have not forgiven us.

By a cloud of fury too thick for our prayers to get through.

Why have you abandoned us so long? Will you ever remember us again?

Or have you rejected us forever? Is there no limit to your anger?

But after David had taken the census, his conscience began to hurt, and he said to the LORD, "I have committed a terrible sin in doing this! Please forgive me. I have acted foolishly."

There is no other god like you, O LORD; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

You will be merciful to us once again. You will trample our sins underfoot and send them to the bottom of the sea!

Return to the LORD, and let this prayer be your offering to him: "Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised.

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

You know that Christ appeared in order to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.

If I had died then, I would be at rest now,

I will call the grave my father, and the worms that eat me I will call my mother and my sisters.

When they are carried to the graveyard, to their well-guarded tombs,

thousands join the funeral procession, and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.

Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

Those of our people who have died will live again! Their bodies will come back to life. All those sleeping in their graves will wake up and sing for joy. As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth, so the LORD will revive those who have long been dead.

Many of those who have already died will live again: some will enjoy eternal life, and some will suffer eternal disgrace.

but later I passed by, and he wasn't there; I looked for him, but couldn't find him.

As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower;