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Then I, being grieved, did weep; and in my sorrow prayed, saying,
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"O Lord, Thou art just, and all Thy works and all Thy ways are mercy and truth; and Thou judgest truly and justly for ever.
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Remember me, and look on me; punish me not for my sins and ignorances, and the sins of my fathers, who have sinned before Thee.
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For they obeyed not Thy commandments. Therefore Thou hast delivered us for a spoil, and unto captivity and unto death, and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed.
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And now Thy judgments are many and true; deal with me according to my sins and my fathers', because we have not kept Thy commandments, neither have walked in truth before Thee.
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Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto Thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved and become earth. For it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches and have much sorrow. Command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place; turn not Thy face away from me."