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16 Lord, behold thou from thine holy house on us, and bow down thine ear, and hear us.

17 Open thine eyes, and see; for not (the) dead men that be in hell (or in the grave), whose spirit is taken from their entrails, shall give honour and justifying to the Lord; [Open thine eyes, and see; for not the dead that be in hell, whose spirit is taken from their bowels, shall give worship and justifying to the Lord;]

18 but a soul which is sorry on the greatness of evil, and goeth bowed, and sick (or feeble), and eyes failing, and an hungry soul, giveth glory to thee, and rightfulness to the Lord. [but the soul that is sorry upon the muchliness of evil, and goeth bowed, and meeked, and the eyes failing, and the soul hungering, giveth to thee glory, and rightwiseness, Lord.]

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