⁸ But now, Lord, ^(A)You are our Father;
We are the ^(B)clay, and You our potter,
And all of us are the ^(C)work of Your hand.

^9 (A)They will come with weeping,
And by pleading I will bring them;
I will lead them by ^(B)streams of waters,
On a straight path on which they will ^(C)not stumble;
For I am a ^(D)father to Israel,
And Ephraim is ^(E)My firstborn.”