19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive!(A) Lord, hear and act! For your sake,(B) my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”

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18 Give ear,(A) our God, and hear;(B) open your eyes and see(C) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(D) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(E)

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I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[a] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name

10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God(A) should be made known(B) to the rulers and authorities(C) in the heavenly realms,(D)

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12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.(A)

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When they had stripped the land clean,(A) I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?(B) He is so small!(C)

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Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?(A)
You are among(B) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;(C)
    do not forsake(D) us!

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Although our sins testify(A) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(B)
For we have often rebelled;(C)
    we have sinned(D) against you.

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19 In accordance with your great love, forgive(A) the sin of these people,(B) just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”(C)

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to the praise of his glorious grace,(A) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.(B)

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25 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[a](A) and will have compassion(B) on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.(C)

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  1. Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity

22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name,(A) which you have profaned(B) among the nations where you have gone.(C)

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22 But I withheld(A) my hand, and for the sake of my name(B) I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

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14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned(A) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.(B)

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But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt.(A) I did it to keep my name from being profaned(B) in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.

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29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster(A) on the city that bears my Name,(B) and will you indeed go unpunished?(C) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword(D) on all(E) who live on the earth,(F) declares the Lord Almighty.’

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20 We acknowledge(A) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;(B)
    we have indeed sinned(C) against you.
21 For the sake of your name(D) do not despise us;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne.(E)
Remember your covenant(F) with us
    and do not break it.

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Do not be angry(A) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins(B) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.(C)
10 Your sacred cities(D) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(E)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(F) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(G) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(H)
    Will you keep silent(I) and punish us beyond measure?

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16 But you are our Father,(A)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer(C) from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(D) from your ways
    and harden our hearts(E) so we do not revere(F) you?
Return(G) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.(H)
18 For a little while(I) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled(J) down your sanctuary.(K)
19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called[a] by your name.(L)

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  1. Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called

Psalm 115(A)

Not to us, Lord, not to us
    but to your name be the glory,(B)
    because of your love and faithfulness.(C)

Why do the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”(D)

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13 You will arise(A) and have compassion(B) on Zion,
    for it is time(C) to show favor(D) to her;
    the appointed time(E) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear(F) the name of the Lord,
    all the kings(G) of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(H)
    and appear in his glory.(I)

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Will you be angry with us forever?(A)
    Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
Will you not revive(B) us again,
    that your people may rejoice(C) in you?

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Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(A)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.(B)
Help us,(C) God our Savior,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
    for your name’s sake.(D)
10 Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”(E)

Before our eyes, make known among the nations
    that you avenge(F) the outpoured blood(G) of your servants.

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How long,(A) Lord? Will you be angry(B) forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(C)
Pour out your wrath(D) on the nations
    that do not acknowledge(E) you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;(F)

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(C) will the enemy mock(D) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(E) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(F)
    Take it from the folds of your garment(G) and destroy them!

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