I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me on account of your words, and swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which Jehovah your God is giving to you as an inheritance.

But I shall die in this land, I shall not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and possess that good land.

Therefore Jehovah brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.

and prayed to Him; and He was entreated of him, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh recognized that Jehovah was God.

Blessed is the man whom You correct, O YAH, and teach out of Your Law,

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I have kept Your Word.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your Statutes.

Why does a living man complain at the punishment for his sins?

Let us search out and examine our ways, and return to Jehovah.

But when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger.

and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.

But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he had done, he shall live life; he shall not die.

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord Jehovah. Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity shall not be a stumbling block to you.

Moreover the Law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.