¹⁶ You are our father. Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob do not acknowledge us, but you, Lord, are our father, the one who has always rescued us.

⁴ “And now you say to me, ‘You are my father, and you have loved me ever since I was a child.

³ But it is your care, O Father, that steers it; you give it a safe path through the waves of the sea.

23 O Lord, my Father and Master of my life, do not leave me at the mercy of my own words; don't let them cause my downfall.

⁴ O Lord, my Father, God of my life, keep me from being arrogant;