⁶ 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.

⁸ We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.^(A)