⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,^(A)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;^(B)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve^(C)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(D) for those who fear him;^(E)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(F) from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion^(G) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,^(H)
    he remembers that we are dust.^(I)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,^(J)
    they flourish like a flower^(K) of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows^(L) over it and it is gone,
    and its place^(M) remembers it no more.