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2 and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,
3 and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their Elohim a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Yahweh their Elohim.
4 And there stand up on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and they cry with a loud voice unto Yahweh their Elohim.
5 And the Levites say, [even] Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, `Rise, bless Yahweh your Elohim, from the eon unto the eon, and they bless the name of Your honor that [is] exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 You [are] He, O Yahweh, Yourself--You have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that [are] on it, the seas and all that [are] in them, and You are keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to You are bowing themselves.
7 `You [are] He, O Yahweh Elohim, who did fix on Abraham, and did bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and did make his name Abraham,
8 and did find his heart stedfast before You, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give [it] to his seed. `And You do establish Your words, for You [are] righteous,
9 and do see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry have heard by the sea of Suph,
10 and do give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for You have known that they have acted proudly against them, and You make to You a name as [at] this day.
11 And the sea You have cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers You have cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters.
12 And by a pillar of cloud You have led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go.
13 `And on mount Sinai You have come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and You do give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.
14 And Your holy sabbath You have made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, You have commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Your servant;"
15 and bread from the heavens You have given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock have brought out to them for their thirst, and do say to them to go in to possess the land that You have lifted up Your hand to give to them.
16 `And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Your commands,
17 yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Your wonders that You have done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and You [are] a Eloah of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and have not forsaken them.
18 `Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, and say, this [is] your elohim that brought you up out of Egypt, and do great despisings,
19 and You, in Your abundant mercies, have not forsaken them in the wilderness--the pillar of the cloud has not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go.
20 `And Your good Spirit You have given, to cause them to act wisely; and Your manna You have not withheld from their mouth, and water You have given to them for their thirst,
21 and forty years You have nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.
22 `And You give to them kingdoms, and peoples, and do apportion them to the corner, and they possess the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 And their sons You have multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bring them in unto the land that You have said to their fathers to go in to possess.
24 `And the sons come in, and possess the land, and You humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and give them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.
25 And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Your great goodness.
26 `And they are disobedient, and rebel against You, and cast Your law behind their back, and Your prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto You, and they do great despisings,
27 and You give them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto You, and You, from the heavens, do hear, and, according to Your abundant mercies, do give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.
28 `And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before You, and You do leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call You, and You from the heavens do hear, and do deliver them, according to Your mercies, many times,
29 and do testify against them, to bring them back unto Your law; and they--they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Your commands, and against Your judgments have sinned, --which man does and has lived in them--and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.
30 `And You draw over them many years, and testify against them by Your Spirit, by the hand of Your prophets, and they have not given ear, and You do give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,
31 and in Your abundant mercies You have not made them a consumption, nor have forsaken them; for a El, gracious and merciful, [are] You.
32 `And now, O our Elohim--El, the great, the mighty, and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness--let not all the travail that has found us be little before You, for our kings, for our heads, and for our priests, and for our prophets, and for our fathers, and for all Your people, from the days of the kings of Asshur unto this day;"
33 and You [are] righteous concerning all that has come upon us, for truth You have done, and we have done wickedly;"
34 and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Your law, nor attended unto Your commands, and to Your testimonies, that You have testified against them;"
35 and they, in their kingdom, and in Your abundant goodness, that You have given to them, and in the land, the large and the fat, that You have set before them, have not served You, nor turned back from their evil doings.
36 `Lo, we--to-day--[are] servants, and the land that You have given to our fathers, to eat its fruit and its good--lo, we [are] servants on it,
37 and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom You have set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.