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Yet we have not obeyed his voice, to walk in the statutes of the Lord that he set before us.
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And now, O Lord God of Israel, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and with signs and wonders and with great power and outstretched arm, and made yourself a name that continues to this day,
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we have sinned, we have been ungodly, we have done wrong, O Lord our God, against all your ordinances.
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Let your anger turn away from us, for we are left, few in number, among the nations where you have scattered us.
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Hear, O Lord, our prayer and our supplication, and for your own sake deliver us, and grant us favor in the sight of those who have carried us into exile;
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so that all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, for Israel and his descendants are called by your name.
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O Lord, look down from your holy dwelling, and consider us. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear;
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open your eyes, O Lord, and see, for the dead who are in Hades, whose spirit has been taken from their bodies, will not ascribe glory or justice to the Lord;
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but the person who is deeply grieved, who walks bowed and feeble, with failing eyes and famished soul, will declare your glory and righteousness, O Lord.
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For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our ancestors or our kings that we bring before you our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
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For you have sent your anger and your wrath upon us, as you declared by your servants the prophets, saying: