God's Righteousness Upheld
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God’s Righteousness
God’s Righteousness
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written,
“That you may be justified in your words,
and prevail when you are judged.”
But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the world? But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
Romans 3
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written,
“That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”
But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the world? But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
build up the walls of Jerusalem;
then will you delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Psalm
Leader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love.
People: According to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.
Leader: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
People: Cleanse me from my sin.
Leader: I know my transgressions.
People: My sin is ever before me.
Leader: Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight.
People: You are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.
Leader: Indeed, I was born guilty.
People: I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.
Leader: You desire truth in the inward being.
People: Therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
Leader: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.
People: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Leader: Let me hear joy and gladness.
People: Let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
Leader: Hide your face from my sins.
People: Blot out all my iniquities.
Leader: Create in me a clean heart, O God.
People: Put a new and right spirit within me.
Leader: Do not cast me away from your presence.
People: Do not take your holy spirit from me.
Leader: Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
People: Sustain in me a willing spirit.
Leader: Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
People: Sinners will return to you.
Leader: Deliver me from bloodshed, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.
People: O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Leader: You have no delight in sacrifice.
People: If I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.
Leader: The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit.
People: A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.