²⁴ and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;^(A)
    I have found a ransom for them^(B)—

⁷ No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom^(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—^(B)

¹⁸ to preserve them from the pit,^(A)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.^[a](B)

¹⁸ Who is a God^(A) like you,
    who pardons sin^(B) and forgives^(C) the transgression
    of the remnant^(D) of his inheritance?^(E)
You do not stay angry^(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.^(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities^(H) into the depths of the sea.^(I)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,^(J)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors^(K)
    in days long ago.^(L)