Dan 9:18 | NET2full | STEP | Listen attentively , my God , and hear ! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name . For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant .

‏ Daniel 9:18

18 Listen attentively, ^{▼▼tn Heb “turn your ear.”} my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ^{▼▼tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.} and the city called by your name. ^{▼▼tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.} For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ^{▼▼tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”} but because your compassion is abundant.