1 Kings 8:34

8:34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly ¹  you will then teach them the right way to live ²  and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. ³ 

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ⁴  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ⁵  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ⁶ 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ⁷  in the month Ethanim ⁸  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 7:14

7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, ⁹  and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge ¹⁰  to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

Psalms 130:3-4

130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of ¹¹  sins,

O Lord, who could stand before you? ¹² 

130:4 But ¹³  you are willing to forgive, ¹⁴ 

so that you might ¹⁵  be honored. ¹⁶ 

Daniel 9:19

9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ¹⁷ 

Matthew 6:12

6:12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves ¹⁸  have forgiven our debtors.

¹ tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

² tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

³ tn Or “for an inheritance.”

⁴ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

⁷ sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

⁸ sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

⁹ tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”

¹¹ tn Heb “observe.”

¹² tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”

¹³ tn Or “surely.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”

¹⁵ tn Or “consequently you are.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “feared.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.

¹⁸ tn Or “as even we.” The phrase ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς (Jw" kai Jhmei") makes ἡμεῖς emphatic. The translation above adds an appropriate emphasis to the passage.