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    Lord, hear my cry!
May your ears be attentive
    to my cry for mercy.(A)
If you, Lord, keep account of sins,
    Lord, who can stand?(B)
But with you is forgiveness
    and so you are revered.[a]

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  1. 130:4 And so you are revered: the experience of God’s mercy leads one to a greater sense of God.

    Lord, hear my voice.(A)
Let your ears be attentive(B)
    to my cry for mercy.(C)

If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?(D)
But with you there is forgiveness,(E)
    so that we can, with reverence, serve you.(F)

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