²⁵ let his flesh ^(A)become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
²⁶ then man^{[a] (B)}prays to God, and he accepts him;
    he ^(C)sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he ^(D)restores to man his righteousness.
²⁷     He sings before men and says:
‘I ^(E)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.

³⁷ Their ^(A)heart was not ^(B)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

^27 (A)For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears they can barely hear,
    and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
    and ^(B)turn, and I would heal them.’