^{5 Ref} For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.

^{6 Ref} And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

^{7 Ref} But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.

^{8 Ref} Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.

^{9 Ref} Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.