¹⁷ The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(A)
    all the nations that forget God.^(B)

⁷ Let the wicked forsake^(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(B)
Let them turn^(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(E)