49 may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place,
their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.
50 May you forgive your people
who sinned against you
and all their rebellions[a] against you,
and may you grant them compassion
before their captors,
so that they may treat them compassionately.(A)
51 For they are your people and your inheritance;(B)
you brought them out of Egypt,
out of the middle of an iron furnace.(C)

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  1. 8:50 Lit rebellions that they have rebelled

49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;(A) 51 for they are your people and your inheritance,(B) whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.(C)

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