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Then with much grief and anguish of heart I wept, and with groaning began to pray:
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"You are righteous, O Lord, and all your deeds are just; all your ways are mercy and truth; you judge the world.
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And now, O Lord, remember me and look favorably upon me. Do not punish me for my sins and for my unwitting offenses and those that my ancestors committed before you. They sinned against you,
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and disobeyed your commandments. So you gave us over to plunder, exile, and death, to become the talk, the byword, and an object of reproach among all the nations among whom you have dispersed us.
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And now your many judgments are true in exacting penalty from me for my sins. For we have not kept your commandments and have not walked in accordance with truth before you.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Other ancient authorities read [you render true and righteous judgment forever]
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