Dan 9:4-19 | NASB2020 | STEP | I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed , and said , “ Oh , Lord , the great and awesome God , who keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments ,

Daniel 9:4-19

4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the ^agreat and awesome God, who ^bkeeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 ^cwe have sinned, we have done wrong, and ^{▼▼Or made ourselves guilty}acted wickedly and ^erebelled, even ^fturning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. 6 Moreover, we have not ^glistened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

7 “ ^hRighteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us ^{▼▼Lit the shame of face
,} ^jopen shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in ^kall the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You. 8 ^{▼▼Lit The shame of face}Open shame belongs to us, Lord, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong ^mcompassion and forgiveness, ^{▼▼Or though}because we have ^orebelled against Him; 10 and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His ^{▼▼Or laws}teachings which He ^qset before us through His servants the prophets. 11 Indeed, ^rall Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the ^scurse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. 12 So He has ^tconfirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our ^{▼▼Lit judges who judged us
,} ^vrulers who ruled us, to bring on us great disaster; for under the entire heaven there has ^wnot been done anything like what was done in Jerusalem. 13 Just as it is written in the ^xLaw of Moses, all this disaster has come on us; yet we have ^ynot ^{▼▼Lit softened the face of}sought the favor of the Lord our God by ^aaturning from our wrongdoing and ^{▼▼Or having insight into}giving attention to Your truth. 14 So the Lord has ^{▼▼Lit watched over the evil
,} ^adkept the disaster in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is ^aerighteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

15 “And now, Lord, our God, You who ^afbrought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and ^agmade a name for Yourself, as it is this day--we have sinned, we have been wicked. 16 Lord, in accordance with all Your ^{▼▼Lit righteousnesses}righteous acts, let now Your ^aianger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your ^ajholy mountain; for because of our sins and the wrongdoings of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an ^akobject of taunting to all those around us. 17 So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for ^{▼▼Lit the sake of the Lord}Your sake, Lord, ^amlet Your face shine on Your ^andesolate sanctuary. 18 My God, ^aoincline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and ^apsee our desolations and the city which is ^aqcalled by Your name; for we are not ^{▼▼Lit casting down
,} ^aspresenting our pleas before You based on ^{▼▼Lit our righteousnesses}any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion. 19 Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, my God, ^audo not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”