Psalm 139:23-24
| כג חָקְרֵנִי אֵל, וְדַע לְבָבִי; בְּחָנֵנִי, וְדַע שַׂרְעַפָּי. | 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts; |
| כד וּרְאֵה, אִם-דֶּרֶךְ-עֹצֶב בִּי; וּנְחֵנִי, בְּדֶרֶךְ עוֹלָם. | 24 And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in The WAY EVERLASTING. |
[31] “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a New Covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Judah, [32] not like the Covenant that I made with their Fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my Covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. [33] For this is the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my Law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my People. [34] And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (ESV)
Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
[12] Then the LORD appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Place for myself as House of Sacrifice. [13] When I shut up the Heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the Land, or send pestilence among my People, [14] if my People who are called by my Name humble themselves, and pray and seek my Face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their Sin and heal their Land. [15] Now my Eyes will be open and my Ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this Place. [16] For now I have chosen and consecrated this House that my Name may be there forever. My Eyes and my Heart will be there for all Time. [17] And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have Commanded you and keeping my Statutes and my Rules, [18] then I will establish your Royal Throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.’
[19] “But if you turn aside and forsake my Statutes and my Commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, [20] then I will pluck you up from my Land that I have given you, and this House that I have consecrated for my Name, I will cast out of my Sight, and I will make it a Proverb and a Byword among all Peoples. [21] And at this House, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this Land and to this House?’ [22] Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their Fathers who brought them out of the Land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’”
Our God and God of our ancestors! Let our prayers come before You and do not hide Yourself from our supplication. For neither are we so arrogant nor hardened to say, We are righteous and have not sinned," for truly, truly, we have sinned. May it be Your will, O Lord our God, to forgive all our sins, and pardon all our iniquities.
For the sin which we have committed in Your sight through arrogance of our will,
And for the sin which we have committed before You by breach of trust.
For the sin which we have committed in Your sight by casting off responsibility,
And for the sin which we have committed before You by denying and lying.
For the sin which we have committed in Your sight by evil thoughts,
For all of these, O God of forgiveness,
forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement.
For the sin which we have committed in Your sight, either knowingly or unknowingly.
And for the sin which we have committed before You through lustful desires.
And for the sin which we have committed before You by not lifting up Your Name.
And for the sin which we have committed before You by passing judgment.
And for the sin which we have committed before You by resisting those in authority.
For all of these, O God of forgiveness,
forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement.
For the sin which we have committed in Your sight by scoffing,
And for the sin which we have committed before You through talking idly.
And for the sin which we have committed before You through excess in eating and drinking.
For the sin which we have committed in Your sight by yet being proud,
And for the sin which we have committed before You through our lack of zeal.
For all of these, O God of forgiveness,
forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement.
Avinu Malkeinu (our Father, our King), we have sinned before You!
Avinu Malkeinu, in Your abundant mercy, cleanse us of our guilt before You.
Avinu Malkeinu, bring us back to You in perfect repentance.
Our Father, our King, be gracious unto us and answer us although we have no merits of our own. Deal with us in righteousness and lovingkindness, and save us.
These excerpts are from the traditional Jewish prayer for forgiveness known as the Al Chet. Jews and Gentiles who believe in Yeshua of Nazareth (The Son of God) can recite these prayers with a sense of remorse and relief, knowing that, "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to The Riches of His Grace" (Ephesians 1:7).
[17] Therefore, if anyone is in Messiah, he is a New Creation. The old has passed away; behold, The New has come. [18] All this is from God, who through The Messiah reconciled us to Himself and gave us The Ministry of Reconciliation; [19] that is, in The Messiah, God was reconciling The World to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us The Message of Reconciliation. [20] Therefore, we are Ambassadors for The Messiah, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of The Messiah, be reconciled to God. [21] For our sake He (God The Father) made Him (The Lamb of God) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become The Righteousness of God.
| ח הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם, מַה-טּוֹב; וּמָה-יְהוָה דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ, כִּי אִם-עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד, וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת, עִם-אֱלֹהֶיךָ. {ס} | 8 It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. |