³⁷ their hearts were not loyal^(A) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart,^(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(B)

² Their heart is deceitful,^(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.^(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars^(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.^(D)

¹⁶ They do not turn to the Most High;^(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.^(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent^(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed^(D)
    in the land of Egypt.^(E)

¹⁴ They do not cry out to me from their hearts^(A)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,^[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,^(B)
    but they turn away from me.^(C)

¹⁷ All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(A) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned^(B) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.