I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to LORD, and thou forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

I was mute. I opened not my mouth, because thou did it.

Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, {but a body thou have prepared for me (LXX/NT)}. Whole burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou did in their days, in the days of old.

For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou were favorable to them.

Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in his salvation.

For all this they still sinned, and did not believe in his wondrous works.

But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and destroyed not. Yea, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

They did not remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary,

Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of thy loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel,

Yea, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word,

but murmured in their tents, and did not hearken to the voice of LORD.

They did not destroy the peoples, as LORD commanded them,

because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart, to kill.

Yea, he loved cursing, and it came to him. And he did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I did not forsake thy precepts.