Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

He will not turn away his face from them that return unto him; but he will turn again, and have compassion upon them: he will subdue their iniquities, and he will cast all their sins into the depths of the

sea.

3 Who can forgive sins but God alone?

* Who is a God like unto thee, O Lord, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by transgression?

HIS JUSTICE.

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5 The Lord is righteous. He is a just God. loveth righteousness; and exerciseth judgment in the earth.

He is excellent in judgment, and in plenty of justice.

7 The statutes of the Lord are right.

Just and true are his ways. And we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth.

8

The Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doth.

"Thy righteousness, O Lord, is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth; every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

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Righteous is the Lord, and upright are his judgFor the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

ments.

1

Whatsoever good thing any man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free; but he that doeth wrong, shall receive for the wrong he hath done: for God will render to every man according to his deeds. And according to their deserts will he judge them; condemning the wicked to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness: so that men will say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous, verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

2

Though there be often one event to the righteous and to the wicked; though the tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly: behold, the day cometh, when ye shall discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

3 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God; but it shall not be well with the wicked, because he feareth not before God.

God hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness: and minister judgment unto the people in uprightness.

5 To me (saith the Lord) belongeth vengeance and recompence: I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and reward them that hate me.

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The Lord our God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. His power and his wrath is against

all them that forsake him; and though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished.

1 Wherefore then do the wicked contemn God, and say in their heart, The Lord will not require it? he seeth vain men; he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? He will not at all acquit the wicked; he will by no ineans clear the guilty.

2 He will not be slack to him that hateth him; he will repay him to his face.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a nation, marvel not at the matter, for he that is higher than the highest regardeth, and there be higher than they.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

5

The servant which knew his Lord's will, and did not according to it, shall be beaten with many stripes; but he that knew it not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

• It shall be more tolerable in the day of judgment for some than for others; and they that have been more corrupted in all their ways than others, shall receive greater damnation.

that taketh vengeance? God forbid for then how shall God judge the world? Surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judg

ment.

1 He is just in all that is brought upon us. He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.

2 That be far from him, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from him. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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* Is it good that he should oppress, and shine the counsel of the wicked? God forbid.

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There is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. He regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

5

" He accepteth not the persons of princes; nor regardeth the rich more than the poor: for they are all the work of his hands.

God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. And if he maketh them that have wrought but one hour, equal to those which have borne the burden and heat of the day, is it not lawful for him to do what he will with his own?

7 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Is not my way equal, saith the Lord. Are not your ways unequal? Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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* If one man sin against another, the judge shall

judge him; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him?

HIS TRUTH AND FAITHFULNESS.

1 God is true. He is the God of truth.

2 Just and true are thy ways, thou King of

Saints.

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His words are true, and his counsels are faithfulness and truth. The word that he shall speak shall come to pass: he will say the word and will perform it.

He is the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him, and keep his commandments.

5

He is faithful who has promised: for all his promises are yea and amen.

6

He keepeth truth for ever. He hath remembered the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Thy word, O Lord, is true from the beginning; and thy wrath endureth for ever. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven; and thy faithfulness is unto all generations.

The Lord hath done that which he hath devised: he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old; there failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken; all came to pass.

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Heaven and earth shall pass away, but his words shall not pass away; neither shall there fail one word of all his good promise.

2 Rev. xv. 3.
+ Deut. vii. 2.
6 Psal. cxlvi. 6.

1 2 Cor. i. 18. Isa. lxv. 16. vii. 28. Isa. xxv. 1. Ezek. xii. 25. xi. 11. Heb. x. 23. 2 Cor. i. 20. Psal. cxix. 160. Psal. cxvii. 2. Psal. cxix. 89, 90. ii. 17. Josh. xxi. 45.

3 2 Sam.

5 Heb.

Psal. cv. 8.

7 Lam.

8 Matt. xxiv. 35. 1 Kings viii. 156.