9:7 “You are righteous, ⁶  O Lord, but we are humiliated this day ⁷  – the people ⁸  of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you. 9:8 O LORD, we have been humiliated ⁹  – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you. 9:9 Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, ¹⁰  even though we have rebelled against him. 9:10 We have not obeyed ¹¹  the LORD our God by living according to ¹²  his laws ¹³  that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

9:11 “All Israel has broken ¹⁴  your law and turned away by not obeying you. ¹⁵  Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened ¹⁶  in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. ¹⁷  9:12 He has carried out his threats ¹⁸  against us and our rulers ¹⁹  who were over ²⁰  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven! 9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ²¹  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ²²  from your reliable moral standards. ²³  9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just ²⁴  in all he has done, ²⁵  and we have not obeyed him. ²⁶ 

9:15 “Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power ²⁷  and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day – we have sinned and behaved wickedly. 9:16 O Lord, according to all your justice, ²⁸  please turn your raging anger ²⁹  away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ³⁰  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ³¹  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ³²  9:18 Listen attentively, ³³  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ³⁴  and the city called by your name. ³⁵  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ³⁶  but because your compassion is abundant. 9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ³⁷