⁶ Our sins have made us all like unclean people,
    who cannot worship you.
Even the good things that we try to do
    are like dirty bits of cloth.
Our sins will blow us all away,
    as the wind blows away dead leaves.
⁷ Nobody prays in your name,
    or calls out to you to help them.
It seems that you have turned away from us.
    You have left us for our sins to rule us.
⁸ But Lord, you are still our Father.
We are like clay that you have used.
    You are like the potter who has made us into pots.
You made us all with your own hands.