⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(A)
    and all our righteous^(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(D)
7 No one^(E) calls on your name^(F)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(G) your face from us
    and have given us over^(H) to^[a] our sins.

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(I)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(J)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(K)
9 Do not be angry^(L) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(M) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(N)
10 Your sacred cities^(O) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^(P)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,^(Q) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(R) lies in ruins.
¹² After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^(S)
    Will you keep silent^(T) and punish us beyond measure?