^4 (A)Against you, you only, have I sinned
    and done what is evil ^(B)in your sight,
^(C)so that you may be justified in your words
    and blameless in your judgment.

¹⁸ I have heard ^(A)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
    like an untrained calf;
^(B)bring me back that I may be restored,
    for you are the Lord my God.
¹⁹ For after ^(C)I had turned away, I relented,
    and after I was instructed, ^(D)I struck my thigh;
^(E)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

¹² “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
    ^(A)“return to me with all your heart,
^(B)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
¹³     and ^(C)rend your hearts and not ^(D)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    ^(E)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    ^(F)and he relents over disaster.

^15 (A)Hate evil, and love good,
    and establish justice ^(B)in the gate;
^(C)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;
    I hate every ^(A)false way.