When you have done something wrong

²⁰ Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

²¹ Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

²² and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

¹ O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

² For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

³ There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

⁴ For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

⁵ My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

¹ Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

² Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³ When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

⁴ For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

⁵ Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

⁷ But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁸ If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

¹⁸ Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

¹⁹ O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

²⁴ ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;

²⁵ may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

²⁶ may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’