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17 All this happened to us, though we had not forgotten you or been false to your covenant.
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17 All this happened to us, though we had not forgotten you or been false to your covenant.
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18 Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
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18 Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
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19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals and covered us over with deep darkness.
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19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals and covered us over with deep darkness.
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20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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23 Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself ! Do not reject us forever.
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23 Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself ! Do not reject us forever.
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24 Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
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24 Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
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25 We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
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25 We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
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26 Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.
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26 Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
