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Who knows whether he will not turn and repent and leave a blessing behind him, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God.

Blow the trumpet in Zion.

Sanctify a fast.

Call a solemn assembly.

Gather the people.

Sanctify the congregation.

Assemble the elders.

Gather the children, even nursing infants.

Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations.

Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Then the Lord became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

Psalm 51.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your merciful love.

According to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sins.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight.

Create a clean heart in me, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.