Neh 1:5-11 | ESV | STEP | And I said , O Lord God of heaven , the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments ,

l[See ver. 6 above]

Nehemiah 1:5-11

5 And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, ^athe great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 6 ^blet your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, ^cconfessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even ^dI and my father’s house have sinned. 7 ^eWe have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules ^fthat you commanded your servant Moses. 8 Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, ^gI will scatter you among the peoples, 9 ^hbut if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, ⁱthough your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them ^jto the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’ 10 ^kThey are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. 11 O Lord, ^llet your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

Now I was ^mcupbearer to the king.