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.

⁸ “‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.

¹⁸ The Lord is near^(A) to all who call on him,^(B)
    to all who call on him in truth.

“These people^(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,^(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.^(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.^[a](D)