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Even the female deer in the fields
    desert their newborn fawns.
    There isn’t any grass to eat.
Wild donkeys stand on the bare hilltops.
    They long for water as wild dogs do.
Their eyesight fails
    because they do not have any food to eat.”

Lord, our sins are a witness against us.
    But do something for the honor of your name.
We have often turned away from you.
    We’ve sinned against you.

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Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(A)
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(B)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(C)

Although our sins testify(D) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(E)
For we have often rebelled;(F)
    we have sinned(G) against you.

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