Behold. Here begins the prayer.
abroad the sword. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:25).
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Lamentations 1:20
20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.