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Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
    for we have our fill of contempt.(A)
Our souls are more than sated
    with mockery from the insolent,
    with contempt from the arrogant.

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Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

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