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Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills
    and ·sniff the wind [pant] like ·wild dogs [jackals].
But their eyes go blind,
    because there is no ·food [pasture].”

We know that we suffer because of our sins.
    Lord, ·do something to help us for the good of your name [L act on behalf of your name/reputation].
·We have left you many times [L Many are our apostasies/infidelities];
    we have sinned against you.
The Hope of Israel [C God],
    you have ·saved [rescued] it [C Israel] in times of ·trouble [distress].
Why are you like a ·stranger [alien resident] in the land,
    or like a traveler who only stays one night?

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Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(A)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(B)

Although our sins testify(C) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(D)
For we have often rebelled;(E)
    we have sinned(F) against you.
You who are the hope(G) of Israel,
    its Savior(H) in times of distress,(I)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who stays only a night?

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