⁶ Come, let us ^(A)worship and bow down,
Let us ^(B)kneel before Yahweh our ^(C)Maker.
⁷ For He is our God,
And ^(D)we are the people of His ^(E)pasture and the sheep of His hand.
^(F)Today, ^[a]if you hear His voice,
⁸ Do not harden your hearts, as at ^[b](G)Meribah,
As in the day of ^[c](H)Massah in the wilderness,

⁸ Yahweh is ^(A)compassionate and gracious,
^(B)Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
⁹ He ^(C)will not always contend with us,
And He will not ^(D)keep His anger forever.
¹⁰ He has ^(E)not dealt with us according to our sins,
And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high ^(F)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who ^[a]fear Him.
¹² As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^(G)removed our transgressions from us.
^13 (H)As a father has compassion on his children,
So Yahweh has compassion on those who ^[b]fear Him.
¹⁴ For ^(I)He Himself knows ^[c]our form;
He ^(J)remembers that we are but ^(K)dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are ^(L)like grass;
As a ^(M)flower of the field, so he flowers.
¹⁶ When the ^(N)wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its ^(O)place acknowledges it no longer.
¹⁷ But the ^(P)lovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who ^[d]fear Him,
And His ^[e]righteousness ^(Q)to children’s children,