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Hope of Israel, Lord,
    our savior in time of need!
Why should you be a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler stopping only for a night?
Why are you like someone bewildered,
    a champion who cannot save?
You are in our midst, Lord,
    your name we bear:
    do not forsake us!(A)
10     Thus says the Lord about this people:
They so love to wander
    that they cannot restrain their feet.
The Lord takes no pleasure in them;
    now he remembers their guilt,
    and will punish their sins.(B)

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You who are the hope(A) of Israel,
    its Savior(B) in times of distress,(C)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who stays only a night?
Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?(D)
You are among(E) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;(F)
    do not forsake(G) us!

10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.(H)
So the Lord does not accept(I) them;
    he will now remember(J) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”(K)

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