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Therefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us; for the Lord is righteous in all His works which He hath commanded us.
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Yet we have not hearkened unto His voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that He hath set before us.
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"`And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought Thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and high arm, and with signs and with wonders and with great power, and hast gotten Thyself a name, as appeareth this day,
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O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodliness, we have dealt unrighteously in all Thine ordinances.
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Let Thy wrath turn from us, for we are but a few left among the heathen where Thou hast scattered us.
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Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions; and deliver us for Thine own sake, and give us favor in the sight of those who have led us away,
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that all the earth may know that Thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by Thy name.
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O Lord, look down from Thine holy house and consider us; bow down Thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
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Open Thine eyes, and behold; for the dead who are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness.
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But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give Thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
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"`Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before Thee, O Lord our God, because of the righteousness of our fathers and of our kings.