Hide Your face from my sins and wipe out all my guilty deeds. Psalm 51:9 NASB Hide/ wipe out – Two actions are needed before we find relief from past mistakes. The first involves re-establishing a right relationship with God. For that to occur, God must take the initiative. Since He knows everything about us,…
I erased your transgressions like a thick cloud, and like a cloud have I erased your sins; return to Me for I have redeemed you. Isaiah 44:22 Chabad Erased – māḥâ. God’s solution to our transgressions. As you recall, David asked for his guilt and his misdeeds to be washed away. God has another word…
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1 NASB Blot out – When a scribe writes a Torah scroll, meticulousness is absolutely required. Not one extra mark or mistake is allowed. Today the sofer stam follows strict guidelines regarding the size…
