You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.

Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.

This will be written for a later generation,
and a newly created people will praise the Lord:

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His faithful love
toward those who fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed
our transgressions from us.

He remembers His covenant forever,
the promise He ordained
for a thousand generations—