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The wild asses stand on the bare heights,
    they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
    because there is no herbage.

“Though our iniquities testify against us,
    act, O Lord, for thy name’s sake;
for our backslidings are many,
    we have sinned against thee.
O thou hope of Israel,
    its savior in time of trouble,
why shouldst thou be like a stranger in the land,
    like a wayfarer who turns aside to tarry for a 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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