⁶ Come, let us bow down^(A) in worship,^(B)
    let us kneel^(C) before the Lord our Maker;^(D)
7 for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(E)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts^(F) as you did at Meribah,^[a](G)
    as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,^(H)

⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,^(A)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;^(B)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve^(C)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(D) for those who fear him;^(E)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(F) from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion^(G) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,^(H)
    he remembers that we are dust.^(I)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,^(J)
    they flourish like a flower^(K) of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows^(L) over it and it is gone,
    and its place^(M) remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children^(N)—

⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes;^(A)
    fear the Lord^(B) and shun evil.^(C)