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abecause you are the highest, Lord, kind, patient, and merciful, and you feel sorry over human troubles. SyriacbYou, Lord, according to your gentle grace, promised forgiveness to those who are sorry for their sins. In your great mercy, you allowed sinners to turn from their sins and find salvation.
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Therefore, Lord, God of those who do what is right, you didn't provide a changed heart and life for those who do what is right, for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who didn't sin against you. But you provided a changed heart and life for me, the sinner,
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abecause my sins outnumbered the grains of sand by the sea. My sins are many, Lord; they are many. I am not worthy to look up, to gaze into heaven because of my many sins. SyriacbNow, Lord, I suffer justly. I deserve the troubles I encounter. Already I'm caught in a trap.
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I'm held down by iron chains so that I can't lift up my head because of my sins. There's no relief for me, because I made you angry, doing wrong in front of your face, setting up false gods and committing offenses.
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Now I bow down before you from deep within my heart, begging for your kindness.