If we have sinned seriously but have taken the necessary steps to show that we have really repented, we can draw comfort from the psalmist’s words: “He [Jehovah] has not done to us even according to our sins; nor according to our errors has he brought upon us what we deserve.
لِذلِكَ إِذَا ٱرْتَكَبْنَا خَطِيَّةً خَطِيرَةً لكِنَّنَا ٱتَّخَذْنَا ٱلْخُطُوَاتِ ٱللَّازِمَةَ لِنُظْهِرَ أَنَّنَا تُبْنَا تَوْبَةً أَصِيلَةً ،‏ فَبِإِمْكَانِنَا أَنْ نَسْتَمِدَّ ٱلتَّعْزِيَةَ مِنْ كَلِمَاتِ صَاحِبِ ٱلْمَزْمُورِ :‏ « لَمْ يُعَامِلْنَا [يَهْوَه] حَسَبَ خَطَايَانَا ،‏ وَلَمْ يُجَازِنَا حَسَبَ آثَامِنَا .‏