¹⁸ Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over the transgression
    of the remnant of your^[a] possession?
He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in showing clemency.
¹⁹ He will again have compassion upon us;
    he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our^[b] sins
    into the depths of the sea.
²⁰ You will show faithfulness to Jacob
    and unswerving loyalty to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
    from the days of old.