⁸ Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;^(A)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.^(B)

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)

⁶ Listen to my cry,^(A)
    for I am in desperate need;^(B)
rescue me^(C) from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong^(D) for me.

⁶ The Lord protects the unwary;
    when I was brought low,^(A) he saved me.^(B)

⁵ for her sins are piled up to heaven,^(A)
    and God has remembered^(B) her crimes.