and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have [a]risen above our heads, and our (A)guilt has grown even to the heavens. (B)Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and because of our wrongful deeds we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to [b](C)open shame, as it is this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 9:6 Lit increased over the head
  2. Ezra 9:7 Lit shame of faces

and prayed:

“I am too ashamed(A) and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.(B) From the days of our ancestors(C) until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword(D) and captivity,(E) to pillage and humiliation(F) at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.

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(A)let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open, to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, (B)confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; (C)I and my father’s house have sinned.

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let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear(A) the prayer(B) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess(C) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.

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(A)We have sinned [a](B)like our fathers,
We have gone astray, we have behaved wickedly.

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  1. Psalm 106:6 Lit with

We have sinned,(A) even as our ancestors(B) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.(C)

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(A)we have sinned, we have done wrong, and [a]acted wickedly and (B)rebelled, even (C)turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.

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  1. Daniel 9:5 Or made ourselves guilty

we have sinned(A) and done wrong.(B) We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away(C) from your commands and laws.(D)

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