God is to us a god of deliverance,
And to Yahwe our lord belongeth escape from death.
—Psalm 68:21.
There are in the Assyrian hymns a number of examples of the god’s mercy in forgiving sin:
He who has sin, thou forgivest quickly the sin;
He against whom his god [guardian] is angry, thou turnest to him with favor.
—Hymn to Sin No. 4.
He who has sinned thou sparest.
—Hymn to Marduk No. 16.
For him who possesses sin the sin thou dost remove;