As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us.

The LORD says, "Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.

My bitterness will turn into peace. You save my life from all danger; You forgive all my sins.

When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken."

Return to the LORD, and let this prayer be your offering to him: "Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised.

The LORD says, "I will bring my people back to me. I will love them with all my heart; no longer am I angry with them.

There is no other god like you, O LORD; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

You will show your faithfulness and constant love to your people, the descendants of Abraham and of Jacob, as you promised our ancestors long ago.

"Happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are pardoned!

Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of !"

Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.

There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.

Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.

During the day the LORD went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way, and during the night he went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel night and day.

I will live among the people of Israel, and I will be their God.

They will know that I am the LORD their God who brought them out of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the LORD their God.

The LORD said, "I will go with you, and I will give you victory."

How will anyone know that you are pleased with your people and with me if you do not go with us? Your presence with us will distinguish us from any other people on earth."

He said, "Lord, if you really are pleased with me, I ask you to go with us. These people are stubborn, but forgive our evil and our sin, and accept us as your own people."

Gideon said to him, "If I may ask, sir, why has all this happened to us if the LORD is with us? What happened to all the wonderful things that our fathers told us the LORD used to do---how he brought them out of Egypt? The LORD has abandoned us and left us to the mercy of the Midianites."

God himself is our leader and his priests are here with trumpets, ready to blow them and call us to battle against you. People of Israel, don't fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors! You can't win!"

Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, LORD, for you are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staff protect me.

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Make your plans! But they will never succeed. Talk all you want to! But it is all useless, because God is with us.

Let everyone who lives in Zion shout and sing! Israel's holy God is great, and he lives among his people."

Do not be afraid---I am with you! I am your God---let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you.

The total length of the wall on all four sides of the city is 10,080 yards. The name of the city from now on will be "The- LORD -Is-Here!"

"A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").

How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, "I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people."

God goes up to his throne. There are shouts of joy and the blast of trumpets, as the LORD goes up.

God is king over all the world; praise him with songs!

How happy are the people who worship you with songs, who live in the light of your kindness!

You, O LORD, chose our protector; you, the Holy God of Israel, gave us our king.

The LORD is king! Earth, be glad! Rejoice, you islands of the seas!

Listen to the glad shouts of victory in the tents of God's people: "The LORD's mighty power has done it!

All the rigging on those ships is useless; the sails cannot be spread! We will seize all the wealth of enemy armies, and there will be so much that even the lame can get a share. The LORD himself will be our king; he will rule over us and protect us.

When he came near Jerusalem, at the place where the road went down the Mount of Olives, the large crowd of his disciples began to thank God and praise him in loud voices for all the great things that they had seen:

"God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God!"

But thanks be to God! For in union with Christ we are always led by God as prisoners in Christ's victory procession. God uses us to make the knowledge about Christ spread everywhere like a sweet fragrance.