²¹ Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(A)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(B)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(C)

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)

¹⁹ You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities^(A) into the depths of the sea.^(B)

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