“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.
(D)O you hope of Israel,
    its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
Why should you be like a man confused,
    (E)like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet (F)you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
    and (G)we are called by your name;
    (H)do not leave us.”

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The People Cry for Help

Lord, even though our iniquities testify against us,
    do something for the sake of your name.
Indeed, our apostasies are many,
    and we have sinned against you.
Hope of Israel,
    its deliverer in time of trouble,
why are you like a stranger[a] in the land,
    like a traveler who sets up his tent for a night?
Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a strong man who can’t deliver?
You are among us, Lord,
    and your name is the one by which we’re called.
        Don’t abandon us!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:8 Or resident alien