⁵ You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^(A)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.^(B)
    How then can we be saved?

¹⁴ Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities^(A)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water^(B) to drink,
    because we have sinned^(C) against him.

⁷ Although our sins testify^(A) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.^(B)
For we have often rebelled;^(C)
    we have sinned^(D) against you.

²⁰ We acknowledge^(A) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;^(B)
    we have indeed sinned^(C) against you.

⁴² “We have sinned and rebelled^(A)
    and you have not forgiven.^(B)