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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)

11 Then the Lord said to me: Do not intercede for the well-being of this people.(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!

10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

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

11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(I) for the well-being of this people.

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