19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (A)Delay not, (B)for your own sake, O my God, because (C)your city and (D)your people are called by your name.”

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I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything (A)because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence[a] he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:8 Or persistence

18 (A)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (B)our desolations, and (C)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

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Why should you be like a man confused,
    (A)like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet (B)you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
    and (C)we are called by your name;
    (D)do not leave us.”

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10 so that through the church the manifold (A)wisdom of God (B)might now be made known to (C)the rulers and authorities (D)in the heavenly places.

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12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be (A)to the praise of his glory.

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When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,

“O Lord God, please forgive!
    (A)How can Jacob stand?
    He is so small!”

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“Though our iniquities testify against us,
    act, O Lord, (A)for your name's sake;
(B)for our backslidings are many;
    (C)we have sinned against you.

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19 Please (A)pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just (B)as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”

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(A)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in (B)the Beloved.

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The Lord Will Restore Israel

25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now (A)I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on (B)the whole house of Israel, and (C)I will be jealous for my holy name.

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I Will Put My Spirit Within You

22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (A)It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, (B)which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.

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22 (A)But I withheld my hand (B)and acted for the sake of my name, (C)that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

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14 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, (A)in whose sight I had brought them out.

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(A)But I acted (B)for the sake of my name, (C)that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, (D)in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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29 For behold, (A)I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, (B)for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’

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20 (A)We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
    and the iniquity of our fathers,
    (B)for we have sinned against you.
21 Do not spurn us, (C)for your name's sake;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne;
    (D)remember and do not break your covenant with us.

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(A)Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
    (B)and remember not iniquity forever.
    Behold, please look, we are all your people.
10 (C)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
    Zion has become a wilderness,
    Jerusalem a desolation.
11 (D)Our holy and beautiful[a] house,
    where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
    and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
12 (E)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
    Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:11 Or holy and glorious

16 For (A)you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
    (B)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
    and (C)harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
(D)Return for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes of your heritage.
18 (E)Your holy people held possession for a little while;[a]
    (F)our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 (G)We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
    like those who are not called by your name.

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  1. Isaiah 63:18 Or They have dispossessed your holy people for a little while

To Your Name Give Glory

115 (A)Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
    (B)for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

Why should the nations say,
    (C)“Where is their God?”

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13 You will (A)arise and have (B)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    (C)the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her (D)stones dear
    and have pity on her dust.
15 Nations will (E)fear the name of the Lord,
    and all (F)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16 For the Lord (G)builds up Zion;
    he (H)appears in his glory;

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

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(A)Do not remember against us (B)our former iniquities;[a]
    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
    for we are (C)brought very low.
(D)Help us, O God of our salvation,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and (E)atone for our sins,
    for your (F)name's sake!
10 (G)Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”
Let (H)the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
    be known among the nations before our eyes!

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  1. Psalm 79:8 Or the iniquities of former generations

(A)How long, O Lord? Will you be angry (B)forever?
    Will your (C)jealousy (D)burn like fire?
(E)Pour out your anger on the nations
    that (F)do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
    that (G)do not call upon your name!

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We do not see our (A)signs;
    (B)there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.
10 How long, O God, (C)is the foe to scoff?
    Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
11 Why (D)do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
    Take it from the fold of your garment[a] and destroy them!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:11 Hebrew from your bosom

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