PSALM 139:23–24 (HEBREW AND ENGLISH)
כג חָקְרֵנִי אֵל וְדַע לְבָבִי; בְּחָנֵנִי, וְדַע שַׂרְעַפָּי.
24 וּרְאֵה אִם־דֶּרֶךְ־עֹצֶב בִּי; וּנְחֵנִי בְּדֶרֶךְ עוֹלָם.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
And see if there is any grievous way in me, and lead me in The Way Everlasting.

THE NEW COVENANT — JEREMIAH 31:31–34
“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, 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. 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. 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.”

A CLEAR CALL — HOSEA 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

HUMBLE YOURSELVES — 2 CHRONICLES 7:12–22 (EXCERPTS)
Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. 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, 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. Now my Eyes will be open and my Ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place… 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, then I will pluck you up from my Land that I have given you… Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their Fathers… therefore He has brought all this disaster on them.”

A PRAYER OF CONFESSION (AL CHET–INSPIRED)
Our God and God of our ancestors! Let our prayers come before You, and do not hide Yourself from our supplication. We are not so arrogant or hardened as to say, “We are righteous and have not sinned,” for 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 we have committed in Your sight through arrogance of will,
and for the sin we have committed before You by breach of trust.
For the sin we have committed in Your sight by casting off responsibility,
and for the sin we have committed before You by denying and lying.
For the sin 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 we have committed in Your sight, whether knowingly or unknowingly,
and for the sin we have committed before You through lustful desires,
and for the sin we have committed before You by failing to honor Your Name,
and for the sin we have committed before You by passing unrighteous judgment,
and for the sin we have committed before You by resisting rightful authority.
For all of these, O God of forgiveness,
forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement.

For the sin we have committed in Your sight by scoffing,
and for the sin we have committed before You through idle talk,
and for the sin we have committed before You through excess in eating and drinking,
and for the sin we have committed in Your sight by being proud,
and for the sin we have committed before You through 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 to us and answer us, though we have no merit of our own. Deal with us in righteousness and lovingkindness, and save us.

“In Him we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His Grace.” (Ephesians 1:7)

A NEW CREATION — 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17–21
Therefore, if anyone is in The Messiah, he is a New Creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through The Messiah reconciled us to Himself and gave us The Ministry of Reconciliation; 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. 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. 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.

PSALM 51 (HEBREW TEXT WITH JPS-STYLE ENGLISH)
תְּהִלִּים נ״א

1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד.
For the Leader. A Psalm of David;

2 בְּבוֹא־אֵלָיו נָתָן הַנָּבִיא—כַּאֲשֶׁר־בָּא אֶל־בַּת־שָׁבַע.
When Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

3 חָנֵּנִי אֱלֹהִים כְּחַסְדֶּךָ; כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶיךָ מְחֵה פְשָׁעָי.
Be gracious unto me, O God, according to Thy mercy; according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgressions.

4 הַרְבֵּה כַּבְּסֵנִי מֵעֲוֹנִי; וּמֵחַטָּאתִי טַהֲרֵנִי.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

5 כִּי פְשָׁעַי אֲנִי אֵדָע; וְחַטָּאתִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִיד.
For I know my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.

6 לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ חָטָאתִי, וְהָרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עָשִׂיתִי;
לְמַעַן תִּצְדַּק בְּדָבְרֶךָ, תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶךָ.
Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in Thy sight; that Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, and be in the right when Thou judgest.

7 הֵן־בְּעָוֹן חוֹלָלְתִּי; וּבְחֵטְא יֶחֱמַתְנִי אִמִּי.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

8 הֵן־אֱמֶת חָפַצְתָּ בַטֻּחוֹת; וּבְסָתֻם חָכְמָה תוֹדִיעֵנִי.
Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.

9 תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְאֵזוֹב וְאֶטְהָר; תְּכַבְּסֵנִי, וּמִשֶּׁלֶג אַלְבִּין.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

10 תַּשְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה; תָּגֵלְנָה עֲצָמוֹת דִּכִּיתָ.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.

11 הַסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מֵחֲטָאָי; וְכָל־עֲוֹנֹתַי מְחֵה.
Hide Thy face from my sins; and blot out all mine iniquities.

12 לֵב טָהוֹר בְּרָא לִי אֱלֹהִים; וְרוּחַ נָכוֹן חַדֵּשׁ בְּקִרְבִּי.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

13 אַל־תַּשְׁלִיכֵנִי מִלְּפָנֶיךָ; וְרוּחַ קָדְשְׁךָ אַל־תִּקַּח מִמֶּנִּי.
Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

14 הָשִׁיבָה לִּי שְׂשׂוֹן יִשְׁעֶךָ; וְרוּחַ נְדִיבָה תִסְמְכֵנִי.
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.

15 אֲלַמְּדָה פּוֹשְׁעִים דְּרָכֶיךָ; וְחַטָּאִים אֵלֶיךָ יָשׁוּבוּ.
Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall return unto Thee.

16 הַצִּילֵנִי מִדָּמִים אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵי תְּשׁוּעָתִי; תְּרַנֵּן לְשׁוֹנִי צִדְקָתֶךָ.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; so shall my tongue sing aloud of Thy righteousness.

17 אֲדֹנָי, שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח; וּפִי יַגִּיד תְּהִלָּתֶךָ.
O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall declare Thy praise.

18 כִּי לֹא־תַחְפֹּץ זֶבַח וְאֶתֵּנָה; עוֹלָה לֹא תִרְצֶה.
For Thou delightest not in sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

19 זִבְחֵי אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ נִשְׁבָּרָה; לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה אֱלֹהִים לֹא תִבְזֶה.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

20 הֵיטִיבָה בִרְצוֹנְךָ אֶת־צִיּוֹן; תִּבְנֶה חוֹמוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָם.
Do good in Thy favor unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.

21 אָז תַּחְפֹּץ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק, עוֹלָה וְכָלִיל; אָז יַעֲלוּ עַל־מִזְבַּחֲךָ פָרִים.
Then wilt Thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt-offering and whole offering; then will they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.

WHAT THE LORD REQUIRES — MICAH 6:8 (HEBREW AND ENGLISH)
ח הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם מַה־טּוֹב; וּמָה־יְהוָה דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמֶּךָ, כִּי אִם־עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד, וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם־אֱלֹהֶיךָ. ס

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.