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O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the people of Israel, the children of those who sinned before you, who did not heed the voice of the Lord their God, so that calamities have clung to us.
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Do not remember the iniquities of our ancestors, but in this crisis remember your power and your name.
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For you are the Lord our God, and it is you, O Lord, whom we will praise.
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For you have put the fear of you in our hearts so that we would call upon your name; and we will praise you in our exile, for we have put away from our hearts all the iniquity of our ancestors who sinned against you.
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See, we are today in our exile where you have scattered us, to be reproached and cursed and punished for all the iniquities of our ancestors, who forsook the Lord our God.
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Hear the commandments of life, O Israel; give ear, and learn wisdom!
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Why is it, O Israel, why is it that you are in the land of your enemies, that you are growing old in a foreign country, that you are defiled with the dead,
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that you are counted among those in Hades?
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You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
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If you had walked in the way of God, you would be living in peace forever.
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Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, where there is understanding, so that you may at the same time discern where there is length of days, and life, where there is light for the eyes, and peace.