¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.^(A)

⁵⁰ indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him
    from generation to generation.^(A)

¹⁸ Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over the transgression
    of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
    because he delights in showing steadfast love.^(A)
19 He will again have compassion upon us;
    he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our^[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.^(B)

³⁸ Yet he, being compassionate,
    forgave their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
often he restrained his anger
    and did not stir up all his wrath.^(A)

⁴⁵ For their sake he remembered his covenant
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.^(A)

⁸ Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
    Are his promises at an end for all time?^(A)