To you alone, O LORD, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.

Asa prayed to the LORD his God, "O LORD, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O LORD our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. LORD, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you."

You must honor me by what you do. If you will not listen to what I say, then I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. In fact, I have already put a curse on them, because you do not take my command seriously.

Let us praise God for his glorious grace, for the free gift he gave us in his dear Son!

Keep your promise, LORD, and forgive my sins, for they are many.

on account of their sins. Our faults defeat us, but you forgive them.

You are merciful and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.

Lord, hear us. Lord, forgive us. Lord, listen to us, and act! In order that everyone will know that you are God, do not delay! This city and these people are yours."

The Canaanites and everyone else in the country will hear about it. They will surround us and kill every one of us! And then what will you do to protect your honor?"

And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.

"In order that people will praise my name, I am holding my anger in check; I am keeping it back and will not destroy you.

My people cry out to me, 'Even though our sins accuse us, help us, LORD, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you.

Remember your promises and do not despise us; do not bring disgrace on Jerusalem, the place of your glorious throne. Do not break the covenant you made with us.

But I did not, since that would have brought dishonor to my name, for in the presence of the people among whom they were living I had announced to Israel that I was going to lead them out of Egypt.

But I did not, since that would have brought dishonor to my name among the nations which had seen me lead Israel out of Egypt.