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And it came to pass on the third day, when she was making an end of her prayer, blessing the Lord,
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She said: Blessed is thy name, O God of our fathers: who when thou hast been angry, wilt shew mercy, and in the time of tribulation forgivest the sins of them that call upon thee.
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To thee, O Lord, I turn my face, to thee I direct my eyes.
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I beg, O Lord, that thou loose me from the bond of this reproach, or else take me away from the earth.
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Thou knowest, O Lord, that I never coveted a husband, and have kept my soul clean from all lust.
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Never have I joined myself with them that play: neither have I made myself partaker with them that walk in lightness.
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But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust.
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And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man.
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For thy counsel is not in man's power.
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But this every one is sure of that worshippeth thee, that his life, if it be under trial, shall be crowned: and if it be under tribulation, it shall be delivered: and if it be under correction, it shall be allowed to come to thy mercy.
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For thou art not delighted in our being lost: because after a storm thou makest a calm, and after tears and weeping thou pourest in joyfulness.