אַשּׁ֣וּר ׀ לֹ֣א יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ עַל־סוּס֙ לֹ֣א נִרְכָּ֔ב וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַר ע֛וֹד אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ֖ יְרֻחַ֥ם יָתֽוֹם׃
Hindi kami ililigtas ng Asiria; hindi kami sasakay sa mga kabayo; at hindi na namin tatawaging “aming mga diyos” ang gawa ng aming mga kamay; sapagkat sa Iyo nakasusumpong ng habag ang ulila.
Duties of the Heart
4. The resolution not to repeat [the sin] reflects his understanding of the wickedness of his deed and the gravity of his sin, as written "If I have committed iniquity, I will do no more" (Iyov 34:32), and "Assyria shall not save us... nor will we say any longer to the work of our hands, you are our gods" (Hoshea 14:4). Of one who acts in the opposite manner, it is written: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to doing evil" (Yirmiya 13:23). And similarly we can observe among human beings that when one who wronged his fellow takes on himself not to wrong him again, and demonstrates that he regrets and abandons his sin and confesses it, this will complete the grounds which lead to forgiveness and removal of his iniquity, and cancelling the punishment from him.