⁴ Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,^(A)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^(B)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^(C)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.^(D)
    How then can we be saved?

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(C)
9 Do not be angry^(D) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(E) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(F)