^9 (A)Hide your face from my sins,
    and ^(B)blot out all my iniquities.

^18 (A)Who is a God like you, ^(B)pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    ^(C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
^(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.
¹⁹ He will ^(E)again have compassion on us;
    ^(F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
^(G)You will cast all our^[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.

^17 (A)Behold, it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness;
^(B)but in love you have delivered my life
    from the pit of destruction,
^(C)for you have cast all my sins
    behind your back.

51 ^(B)Have mercy on me,^[a] O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your ^(C)abundant mercy
    ^(D)blot out my transgressions.