^{8 Ref} The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

^{9 Ref} His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.

^{10 Ref} He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

^{11 Ref} For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.

^{12 Ref} As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.

^{13 Ref} As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

^{14 Ref} For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.