I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Who {is} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth {in} mercy.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars {was} about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

For great {is} thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. {hell: or, grave}

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, {and} established my goings. {an...: Heb. a pit of noise}

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. {the thing...: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me}

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength:

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply {my} days as the sand.

The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

As far as the east is from the west, {so} far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

For great {is} thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. {hell: or, grave}

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God {is} with him, and the shout of a king {is} among them.

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

So also {is} the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars {was} about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. {made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain}

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. {prosperity: Heb. good}

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength:

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. {weary...: or, cut off while I live}

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when {our} rest together {is} in the dust.

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. {a ransom: or, an atonement}

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. {He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life}

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

{Thou}, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of {them that are} slain in the midst of the seas.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which {is} the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.