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112 in thy great mercy, and save us for the sake of thy name. Hear our prayer, O our King, and deliver us from the hand of our enemies; hear our prayer, O our King, and save us from all trouble and sorrow. Thou art our Father, our King, and we bear thy name, desert us not. Forsake us not, our Father; abandon us not, our Creator; forget us not, our Maker; for thou art a gracious and merciful God and King.

There is none gracious and merciful like thee, Lord our God; there is none like thee, a God slow to anger and rich in kindness and truth. Save us in thy great mercy; deliver us from storm and rage. Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; consider not our stubbornness, our wickedness and sinfulness. Turn from thy fierce anger, and change thy mind about doing evil to thy people. Remove from us the scourge of death, for thou art merciful, for such is thy way—showing undeserved kindness in every generation. Spare thy people, O Lord, and deliver us from thy wrath; remove from us the scourge of plague and cruel persecution, for thou art the guardian of Israel. Righteousness is thine, O Lord, and confusion is ours. How can we complain? What can we say? What can we urge? How can we justify ourselves? Let us search and examine our ways and return to thee, for thy right hand is stretched out to receive those who repent.

O Lord, save us; O Lord, make us prosper; O Lord, answer us when we call. For thee, O Lord, we wait; for thee, O Lord, we hope; in thee, O Lord, we trust; afflict us not by thy silence, for the nations say: “Their hope is lost.” To thee alone everyone shall bend the knee and bow down.

O thou who openest thy hand to receive [repentant] transgressors and sinners—our soul is crushed by our great sorrow—forget us not forever; arise and save us, for we trust in thee. Our Father, our King, though we be without righteousness and good deeds, remember in our favor the covenant of our fathers and our daily testimony: &ldquo;The Lord is One.&rdquo; Look at our plight, for our pangs and miseries of heart are numerous. Have pity on us, O Lord, in the land of our captivity; pour not out thy anger on us, for we are thy people, thy people of the covenant. O God, look!