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Forgiveness
Forgiveness – Day 10
Ds Hein Barnard

Forgiveness – Day 10

This Psalm is part of the group of Psalms sung by the pilgrims on their way to and from the temple in Jerusalem. This is an individual lament in which the Psalmist expressed repentance and trust in God’s mercy.

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Ukukhululwa esonweni

Iculo labahambi.

1*Ndikhoyo, ndiyazibika kuwe;

ndikhala kuwe ndibindekile.

2Awu, Nkosi, ndive ndiyakuthandaza,

usiphulaphule isikhungo sam.

3Ukuba ubuzigcina izono zabantu, Ndikhoyo,

ngubani obengasindayo?

4Kambe ke wena uyaxolela,

khon' ukuze uhlonitshwe.

5Ndithembele ngokupheleleyo kuNdikhoyo;

ewe, ndikholosa ngelizwi lakhe.

6Umoya wam ukholosa ngoNdikhoyo ngenzondelelo,

ngaphezu komlindi ojonge ukusa,

nangaphezu komantshingilane ojong' umsobomvu.

7Sirayeli, thembela kuNdikhoyo, kuba yena unobubele,

futhi yena ukhulula ngokupheleleyo.

8Ewe, yena uya kumkhulula uSirayeli

kuzo zonke izono zakhe.

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Forgiveness in the Psalms – 3

The impact of sin is that it estranges the believer from God.  When this happens, the believer has an intense desire to restore this broken relationship with God.  Before the Israelite could bring his offering to the Lord in the temple, he needed to confess the sins of his mind, mouth and hands.  Some people linked this Psalm to the great Atonement Day in Leviticus 16.

The pilgrim calls for help in the first two verses, followed by the acknowledgement and assurance in verses 3 onward that it is only God who can forgive and set the believer free.

This Psalm refers to individual and national forgiveness.

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