⁷ Although our iniquities testify against us, O Yahweh,
    act for the sake of your name.
Yes, our apostasies are many;
    we have sinned against you.
⁸ You are the hope of Israel,
    its savior in time of distress.
Why should you be like an alien in the land,
    or like a traveler who spreads out his tent ^[a] to spend the night?
⁹ Why should you be like a confused man,
    like a warrior who is not able to help?
Yet you are in our midst, O Yahweh,
    and your name is called upon us.
You must not leave us!