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But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess, that he alone is God;
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And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly brought upon our nation, may cease.
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Than the king' being in a rage, handed him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
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So this man died undefiled, and put his whole trust in the Lord.