Dan 9:4-19 | NASB1995 | STEP | I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said , “ Alas , O Lord , the great and awesome God , who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness 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, “Alas, O Lord, the ^agreat and awesome God, who ^bkeeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 ^cwe have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and ^drebelled, even ^eturning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. 6 “Moreover, we have not ^flistened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land.

7 ^g“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us ^{▼▼ Lit the shame of face
,} ⁱopen 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 ^jall 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, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 “To the Lord our God belong ^lcompassion and forgiveness, ^{▼▼ Or though}for we have ⁿrebelled against Him; 10 nor have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His ^{▼▼ Or laws}teachings which He ^pset before us through His servants the prophets. 11 “Indeed ^qall Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the ^rcurse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him. 12 “Thus He has ^sconfirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our ^{▼▼ Lit judges who judged us
,} ^urulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has ^vnot been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem. 13 “As it is written in the ^wlaw of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have ^xnot ^{▼▼ Lit softened the face of}sought the favor of the Lord our God by ^zturning from our iniquity and ^{▼▼ Or having insight into}giving attention to Your truth. 14 “Therefore the Lord has ^{▼▼ Lit watched over the evil
,} ^ackept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is ^adrighteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

15 “And now, O Lord our God, who have ^aebrought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and have ^afmade a name for Yourself, as it is this day— we have sinned, we have been wicked. 16 “O Lord, in accordance with all Your ^{▼▼ Lit righteousnesses}righteous acts, let now Your ^ahanger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your ^aiholy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a ^ajreproach to all those around us. 17 “So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for ^{▼▼ Lit the sake of the Lord}Your sake, O Lord, ^allet Your face shine on Your ^amdesolate sanctuary. 18 “O my God, ^anincline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and ^aosee our desolations and the city which is ^apcalled by Your name; for we are not ^{▼▼ Lit causing to fall
,} ^arpresenting our supplications before You on account of ^{▼▼ Lit our righteousnesses}any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion. 19 “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, ^atdo not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”