OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 36:1

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Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favor;

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Verse 1. Have. He has pointed out the conditions for prayer, and now he gives a model. The Jews were at this time dispersed and subservient to the Egyptians or Syrians, which greatly afflicted them. Calmet.—And shew. Greek (2.) “send.”

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