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We have sinned with our fathers we have done unjustly, we have commited iniquity:
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Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee,
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That they may not say among the gentiles: Where is their God?
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And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,
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Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.