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For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie; so he became their Saviour.

Who led them by his right hand and by his glorious arm, dividing the waters before them and making for them an everlasting name

And like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD leading them; so didst thou lead thy people and make for thyself a glorious name.

For thou art our Father, though Abraham knew us not and Israel did not acknowledge us; thou, O LORD, art our Father, and our Saviour; thy name is from everlasting.

O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy way and hardened our heart so as not to reverence thee? Return, for thy servants sake, the tribes of thy heritage.

When thou didst wondrous things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains fled at thy presence.

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, any besides thee, because of what thou doest for those that wait for thee.

Thou meetest with joy him that works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways; behold, thou art wroth; for we have transgressed against thy ways, and yet we shall be saved.

For we have all become like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness is like filthy rags; we all fall off like leaves; and our iniquities, like the whirlwind, have taken us away.

There is none that calls upon thy name, that remembers to take hold of thee; for thou hast turned away thy face from us, and hast delivered us into the power of our sins.

Be not very angry, O LORD, neither remember our sins for ever; behold, see, we are all thy people.

I AM sought of those who did not ask for me; I am found of those who sought me not; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation that has never called my name.

Who say, Keep away, do not come near me; for I am sanctified. These men are a smoke in my anger, a fire that burns all the day.

Their sins and the sins of their fathers are well known, says the LORD, for they have burned incense upon the mountains and reproached me upon the hills; therefore I will measure their former works into their bosom.

Thus says the LORD: As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says to another, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants sake, and I will not destroy them all.

And Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in for my people who have sought me.

But as for you who have forsaken the LORD and have forgotten his holy mountain, who prepare tables for fortune tellers and have poured out wine into bowls for them,

Behold my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall complain for sorrow of heart and for vexation of spirit.

And you shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen ones; for the LORD God shall slay you, and call his servants by another name;

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered nor come into mind.