¹⁸ Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

¹² It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.

¹¹ And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

¹ <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

² Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³ When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

⁴ For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

⁵ I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

⁸ Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

⁹ Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

¹³² Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.

¹⁵³ <RESH> O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,

¹ Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.

² And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

²⁵ The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.