⁴ Remember us,^[a] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help us^[b] when you deliver them,^(D)
5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
    that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that we may glory in your heritage.^(E)

⁶ Both we and our ancestors have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.^(F)

¹⁹ They made a calf at Horeb
    and worshiped a cast image.^(A)
20 They exchanged the glory of God^[a]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.^(B)
21 They forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,^(C)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.^[b](D)
23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.^(E)