²¹ Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(A)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(B)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(C)

¹⁴ If I sinned, you would be watching me^(A)
    and would not let my offense go unpunished.^(B)

²⁰ Why do you always forget us?^(A)
    Why do you forsake^(B) us so long?
²¹ Restore^(C) us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
    renew our days as of old
²² unless you have utterly rejected us^(D)
    and are angry with us beyond measure.^(E)

⁹ Do not be angry^(A) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(B) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(C)

⁷ and the dust returns^(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God^(B) who gave it.^(C)