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26 And praying, I said: O Lord God, destroy not thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

27 Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: look not on the stubbornness of this people, nor on their wickedness and sin:

28 Lest perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which thou hast brought us, say: The Lord could not bring them into the land that he promised them, and he hated them: therefore he brought them out, that he might kill them in the wilderness,

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26 I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,(A) your own inheritance(B) that you redeemed(C) by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.(D) 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness(E) of this people, their wickedness and their sin. 28 Otherwise, the country(F) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,(G) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’(H)

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