And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.”
So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him.”
But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”
And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.”
Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’
“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more; teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
He sings before men and says: ‘I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.
But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
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