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And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither remember my offenses, nor those of my parents.
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For we have not obeyed thy commandments, therefore are we delivered to spoil and to captivity, and death, and are made a fable, and a reproach to all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us.
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And now, O Lord, great are thy judgments, because we have not done according to thy precepts, and have not walked sincerely before thee:
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And now, O Lord, do with me according to thy will, and command my spirit to be received in peace: for it is better for me to die, than to live.
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Now it happened on the same day, that Sara daughter of Raguel, in Rages a city of the Medes, received a reproach from one of her father's servant maids,