And there is none that calleth upon Thy name, since unbelief and despair has taken hold of all hearts, that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee, the great majority of the people being overwhelmed by a feeling of dumb resignation which excluded faith; for Thou hast hid Thy face from us, withdrawn His grace, and hast consumed us because of our iniquities, delivering them into the hand, into the power, of their iniquities, so that their guilt prepared the way to their destruction. Now, however, the suppliant once more changes His prayer to an urgent appeal:

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