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Do not withdraw your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham your beloved and for the sake of your servant Isaac and Israel your holy one,
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to whom you promised to multiply their descendants like the stars of heaven and like the sand on the shore of the sea.
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For we, O Lord, have become fewer than any other nation, and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins.
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In our day we have no ruler, or prophet, or leader, no burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, no place to make an offering before you and to find mercy.
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Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted,