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and for Thine inheritance, for whose cause I mourn, and for Israel, for whom I am heavy, and for Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled;
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therefore will I begin to pray before Thee for myself and for them, for I see the failings of us that dwell in the land.
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But I have heard the swiftness of the Judge which is to come.
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Therefore hear my voice and understand my words, and I shall speak before Thee." This is the beginning of the words of Ezra, before he was taken up. And I said:
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"O Lord, Thou that dwellest in everlastingness, who beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air,