&#8216;Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.&#8217; Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.&#8221; When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Jacob became angry<n id="1" /> and argued with Laban. &#8220;What did I do wrong?&#8221; he demanded of Laban.<n id="2" /> &#8220;What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?<n id="3" />

Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name<n id="1" /> is in him.

So<n id="1" /> he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins,<n id="2" /> and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities.

Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">And why do you not pardon my transgression,p> <p class="poetry">and take away my iniquity?p> <p class="poetry">For now I will lie down in the dust,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you will seek me diligently,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but I will be gone.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant<n id="1" /> sins;p> <p class="poetry">do not allow such sins to control me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then I will be blameless,p> <p class="poetry">and innocent of blatant<n id="3" /> rebellion.p>

<p class="poetry">Then I confessed my sin;p> <p class="poetry">I no longer covered up my wrongdoing.p> <p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;I will confess<n id="1" /> my rebellious acts to the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">And then you forgave my sins.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; written by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant, David; an oracle.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">An evil man is rebellious to the core.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He does not fear God,<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For look, they wait to ambush me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">powerful men stalk<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The earth will stagger around<n id="1" /> like a drunk;p> <p class="poetry">it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Its sin will weigh it down,p> <p class="poetry">and it will fall and never get up again.p>

<p class="poetry">He was led away after an unjust trial<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">but who even cared?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the rebellion of his own<n id="4" /> people he was wounded.p>

<p class="poetry">At whom are you laughing?p> <p class="poetry">At whom are you opening your mouthp> <p class="poetry">and sticking out your tongue?p> <p class="poetry">You are the children of rebels,p> <p class="poetry">the offspring of liars,<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Shout loudly! Don&#8217;t be quiet!p> <p class="poetry">Yell as loud as a trumpet!p> <p class="poetry">Confront my people with their rebellious deeds;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">confront Jacob&#8217;s family with their sin!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1492; (<i>Hei>)p> <p class="poetry">Her foes subjugated her;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">her enemies are at ease.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> afflicted herp> <p class="poetry">because of her many acts of rebellion.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her children went awayp> <p class="poetry">captive<n id="4" /> before the enemy.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1504; (<i>Nuni>)p> <p class="poetry">My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are fastened together by his hand.p> <p class="poetry">He has placed his yoke<n id="2" /> on my neck;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has sapped my strength.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The Lord<n id="5" /> has handed me over<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">to those whom I cannot resist.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1514; (<i>Tavi>)p> <p class="poetry">Let all their wickedness come before you;p> <p class="poetry">afflict<n id="1" /> themp> <p class="poetry">just as you have afflicted<n id="2" /> me<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because of all my acts of rebellion.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For my groans are many,p> <p class="poetry">and my heart is sick with sorrow.<n id="5" />p>

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!<n id="1" /> Why should you die, O house of Israel?

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because Damascus has committed three crimes<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">make that four!<n id="2" /> &#8211; I will not revoke myp> <p class="poetry">decree of judgment.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because Gaza<n id="1" /> has committed three crimes<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">make that four!<n id="3" /> &#8211; I will not revoke my decree of judgment.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They deported a whole community<n id="5" /> and sold them<n id="6" /> to Edom.p>