² Take words with you
    and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
    “Forgive^(A) all our sins
and receive us graciously,^(B)
    that we may offer the fruit of our lips.^[a](C)

³ Assyria cannot save us;^(A)
    we will not mount warhorses.^(B)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’^(C)
    to what our own hands have made,^(D)
    for in you the fatherless^(E) find compassion.”