1 Esdras 8:75
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But you, Lord, have shown to us a measure of mercy, to leave for us a descendant and honor in your holy place,
For our sins have risen higher than our heads, and our mistakes have mounted up to heaven
And now in some measure mercy has come to us from you, O Lord, to leave to us a root and a name in your holy place
For our sins have risen higher than our heads, and our mistakes have mounted up to heaven
Forsooth our sins be multiplied upon our heads, and our wickednesses be enhanced (or be exalted) unto heaven;
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