¹⁵ You would call, and I would answer you;
    you would long for the work of your hands.

²² Then call, and I will answer;
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.^(A)

³ Does it seem good to you to oppress,
    to despise the work of your hands
    and favor the schemes of the wicked?^(A)

⁸ The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
    your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
    Do not forsake the work of your hands.^(A)

⁴ He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:^(A)
5 “Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”^(B)

⁸ Your hands fashioned and made me,
    and now you turn and destroy me.^[a](A)

²¹ Why do you not pardon my transgression
    and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
    you will seek me, but I shall not be.”^(A)