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Lord our God, we are not basing our prayer for mercy on any righteous actions of our ancestors and rulers.
For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:
O Lord our God, we pray to you for mercy, but not because of any good things done by our ancestors and our kings.
“Not on the just deeds of our ancestors and our kings do we base our plea for mercy in your sight, Lord, our God.
“It is not because of the righteous deeds of our ancestors and our kings that we make bold to approach you with our plea for mercy, O Lord, our God.
For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our ancestors or our kings that we bring before you our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our ancestors or our kings that we bring before you our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our ancestors or our kings that we bring before you our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
“For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our ancestors or our kings that we bring before you our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our fathers or our kings that we bring before thee our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our fathers or our kings that we bring before thee our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
For not by [or after] the rightwisenesses of our fathers we poured out prayers, and asked (for) mercy before thy sight, our Lord God [or Lord our God];
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