Luke 18:13

The tax collector, however, stood ¹  far off and would not even look up ²  to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful ³  to me, sinner that I am!’ ⁴ 

2Ch 33:12,13,19,23; Ezr 9:6; Job 42:6; Ps 25:7,11; Ps 40:12; Ps 41:4; Ps 51:1-3; Ps 86:15,16; Ps 106:6; Ps 119:41; Ps 130:3,4,7; Isa 1:18; Isa 6:5; Isa 64:5,6; Jer 31:18,19; Eze 16:63; Da 9:5,9-11; Da 9:7-9; Da 9:18,19; Mt 9:13; Lu 5:8; Lu 7:6,7; Lu 15:18-21; Lu 17:12; Lu 23:40-43; Lu 23:48; Ac 2:37; Ro 5:8,20,21; 2Co 7:11; 1Ti 1:15; Heb 4:16; Heb 8:12; 1Jo 1:8-10

¹ tn Grk “standing”; the Greek participle has been translated as a finite verb.

² tn Grk “even lift up his eyes” (an idiom).

³ tn The prayer is a humble call for forgiveness. The term for mercy (ἱλάσκομαι, Jilaskomai) is associated with the concept of a request for atonement (BDAG 473-74 s.v. 1; Ps 51:1, 3; 25:11; 34:6, 18).

⁴ tn Grk “the sinner.” The tax collector views himself not just as any sinner but as the worst of all sinners. See ExSyn 222-23.