12  Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and uphold me with a willing spirit.

18  I have seen his ways, ^ubut I will heal him;

I will lead him ^vand restore comfort to him and his mourners,

18  “Come now, ⁿlet us reason¹ together, says the Lord:

though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as ^owhite as snow;

though they are red like crimson,

they shall become like wool.

22  ^r“Return, O faithless sons;

^sI will heal your faithlessness.”

“Behold, we come to you,

for you are the Lord our God.

8  ^wLet me hear what God the Lord will speak,

for he will ^xspeak peace to his people, to his ^ysaints;

but let them not ^zturn back to ^afolly.

2  ^yBless the Lord, O my soul,

and ^zforget not all his benefits,

3  who ^aforgives all your iniquity,

who ^bheals all your diseases,

3  He ^grestores my soul.

He ^hleads me in ⁱpaths of righteousness¹

for his ^jname’s sake.

1  You¹ will say ^uin that day:

“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,

for though you were angry with me,

^vyour anger turned away,

that you might comfort me.

117  ^fHold me up, that I may be safe

and have regard for your statutes continually!

25  “I, I am he

^uwho blots out ^vyour transgressions for my own sake,

and I will not remember your sins.