The people request that past sins not be counted against them: "Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low." The acknowledgment that the disaster may partly stem from ancestral sin does not lead to despair but to a plea for mercy. The supplicants position themselves as vulnerable and dependent on God's swift compassionate response; their lowness becomes an appeal to divine mercy.

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