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Your authority is beyond estimation, and your glory is beyond our power to comprehend. The armies of angels wait on in fear,
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and at your command they are changed into wind and fire. Your word is true, and what you say lasts forever.
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Your command is powerful, and your precept is fearsome. Your gaze dries up the deeps, and your threat makes mountains melt. Your truth is acknowledged.
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Hear your servant's voice and listen to my request, the request of one whom you formed, and listen to my words.
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But me! I will speak as long as I live, and while I still have understanding, I will respond.
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Don't pay attention to your people's sins but to those who have served you in truth.
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Don't consider those who do evil by sinning but those who have kept your covenants in the midst of torments.
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Don't think about those who have conducted themselves wickedly in your presence but of those who have made it their purpose to know what it means to revere you.
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Don't set your mind to destroy those who have lived as mindlessly as cows, but look on those who showed forth your glorious Law.
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Don't be angry at those who are esteemed lower than animals, but love those who have constantly hoped to honor you.
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We and those before us have followed ways that lead to death, but it's on account of us sinners that you are said to be merciful.