^17 (A)Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and ^(B)listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to ^(C)reproach the living God.

¹⁸ O my God, ^(A)incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and ^(B)see our desolations and the city which is ^(C)called by Your name; for we are not ^[a](D)presenting our supplications before You on account of ^[b]any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.