⁷ Nobody prays in your name,
    or calls out to you to help them.
It seems that you have turned away from us.
    You have left us for our sins to rule us.
⁸ But Lord, you are still our Father.
We are like clay that you have used.
    You are like the potter who has made us into pots.
You made us all with your own hands.
⁹ Lord, please do not be too angry with us.
    Do not hold our sins in your mind for ever.
Do not forget us!
    We are your people, all of us!