<p class="lamhebrew">&#1514; (<i>Tavi>)p> <p class="poetry">O people of Zion,<n id="1" /> your punishment<n id="2" /> will come to an end;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not prolong your exile.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">But, O people of Edom,<n id="5" /> he will punish<n id="6" /> your sin<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">and reveal<n id="8" /> your offenses!p>

I have determined that the number of the years of their iniquity are to be the number of days<n id="1" /> for you &#8211; 390 days.<n id="2" /> So bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.<n id="3" />p>

Then Cain said to the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;My punishment<n id="1" /> is too great to endure!<n id="2" />

But if he does not wash his clothes<n id="1" /> and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How many are my<n id="1" /> iniquities and sins?p> <p class="poetry">Show me my transgression and my sin.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you write down<n id="1" /> bitter things against mep> <p class="poetry">and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your sin inspires<n id="1" /> your mouth;p> <p class="poetry">you choose the language<n id="2" /> of the crafty.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I would have committed<n id="1" /> a shameful act,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">an iniquity to be judged.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">then this<n id="1" /> also would be iniquity to be judged,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for I would have been false<n id="3" /> to God above.p>

<p class="poetry">if<n id="1" /> I have covered my transgressions as men do,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">by hiding<n id="3" /> iniquity in my heart,<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the sake of your reputation,<n id="1" /> O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">forgive my sin, because it is great.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">for he is too proudp> <p class="poetry">to recognize and give up his sin.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why should I be afraid in times of trouble,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wash away my wrongdoing!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Cleanse me of my sin!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I was guilty of sin from birth,p> <p class="poetry">a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hide your face<n id="1" /> from my sins!p> <p class="poetry">Wipe away<n id="2" /> all my guilt!p>

<p class="poetry">Though I have done nothing wrong,<n id="1" /> they are anxious to attack.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our record of sins overwhelms me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but you forgive<n id="2" /> our acts of rebellion.p>

<p class="poetry">You pardoned<n id="1" /> the wrongdoing of your people;p> <p class="poetry">you forgave<n id="2" /> all their sin. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">He does not deal with us as our sins deserve;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.<n id="2" />p>