² O Lord, ^(A)I have heard the report of you,
    and ^(B)your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years ^(C)revive it;
    in the midst of the years make it known;
    ^(D)in wrath remember mercy.

⁷ “Though our iniquities testify against us,
    act, O Lord, ^(A)for your name's sake;
^(B)for our backslidings are many;
    ^(C)we have sinned against you.

^9 (A)If the Lord of hosts
    had not left us ^(B)a few survivors,
we should have been like ^(C)Sodom,
    and become like ^(D)Gomorrah.