⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth^(A)
    and my rebellious ways;^(B)
according to your love^(C) remember me,
    for you, Lord, are good.^(D)

²⁶ For you write down bitter things against me
    and make me reap the sins of my youth.^(A)

²⁵ Let us lie down in our shame,^(A)
    and let our disgrace cover us.
We have sinned^(B) against the Lord our God,
    both we and our ancestors;^(C)
from our youth^(D) till this day
    we have not obeyed^(E) the Lord our God.”

²⁵ “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,^(A) for my own sake,^(B)
    and remembers your sins^(C) no more.^(D)

¹⁷ Surely it was for my benefit^(A)
    that I suffered such anguish.^(B)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit^(C) of destruction;
you have put all my sins^(D)
    behind your back.^(E)

¹¹ The youthful vigor^(A) that fills his bones^(B)
    will lie with him in the dust.^(C)

¹⁶ “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”^[a](A)

“Their sins and lawless acts
    I will remember no more.”^[b](B)