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Yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord by turning away, each of us, from the thoughts of his wicked heart.
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And the Lord has kept the calamities ready, and the Lord has brought them upon us, for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he has commanded us to do.
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Yet we have not obeyed his voice, to walk in the statutes of the Lord which he set before us.
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"`And now, O Lord God of Israel, who didst bring thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and with signs and wonders and with great power and outstretched arm, and hast made thee a name, as at this day,
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we have sinned, we have been ungodly, we have done wrong, O Lord our God, against all thy ordinances.
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