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Happy are we, O Israel, for we know what is pleasing to God.
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Take courage, my people, O memorial of Israel!
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It was not for destruction that you were sold to the nations, but you were handed over to your enemies because you angered God.
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For you provoked him who made you, by sacrificing to demons and not to God.
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You forgot the everlasting God, who brought you up, and you grieved Jerusalem, who reared you.