Daniel:9:1-19

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ylt @Daniel:9:1 @In the first year of Darius , son of Ahasuerus , of the seed of the Medes , who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans , ylt @Daniel:9:2 @in the first year of his reign , I , Daniel , have understood by books the number of the years , (in that a word of Jehovah hath been unto Jeremiah the prophet ,) concerning the fulfilling of the wastes of Jerusalem -- seventy years ; ylt @Daniel:9:3 @and I set my face unto the Lord God , to seek [by ] prayer and supplications , with fasting , and sackcloth , and ashes . ylt @Daniel:9:4 @And I pray to Jehovah my God , and confess , and say : 'I beseech Thee , O Lord God , the great and the fearful , keeping the covenant and the kindness to those loving Him , and to those keeping His commands ; ylt @Daniel:9:5 @we have sinned , and done perversely , and done wickedly , and rebelled , to turn aside from Thy commands , and from Thy judgments : ylt @Daniel:9:6 @and we have not hearkened unto Thy servants , the prophets , who have spoken in Thy name unto our kings , our heads , and our fathers , and to all the people of the land . ylt @Daniel:9:7 @'To Thee , O Lord , [is ] the righteousness , and to us the shame of face , as [at ] this day , to the men of Judah , and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem , and to all Israel , who are near , and who are far off , in all the lands whither Thou hast driven them , in their trespass that they have trespassed against Thee . ylt @Daniel:9:8 @'O Lord , to us [is ] the shame of face , to our kings , to our heads , and to our fathers , in that we have sinned against Thee . ylt @Daniel:9:9 @'To the Lord our God [are ] the mercies and the forgivenesses , for we have rebelled against Him , ylt @Daniel:9:10 @and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God , to walk in His laws , that He hath set before us by the hand of His servants the prophets ; ylt @Daniel:9:11 @and all Israel have transgressed Thy law , to turn aside so as not to hearken to Thy voice ; and poured on us is the execration , and the oath , that is written in the law of Moses , servant of God , because we have sinned against Him . ylt @Daniel:9:12 @'And He confirmeth His words that He hath spoken against us , and against our judges who have judged us , to bring in upon us great evil , in that it hath not been done under the whole heavens as it hath been done in Jerusalem , ylt @Daniel:9:13 @as it is written in the law of Moses , all this evil hath come upon us , and we have not appeased the face of Jehovah our God to turn back from our iniquities , and to act wisely in Thy truth . ylt @Daniel:9:14 @And Jehovah doth watch for the evil , and bringeth it upon us , for righteous [is ] Jehovah our God concerning all His works that He hath done , and we have not hearkened to His voice . ylt @Daniel:9:15 @And now , O Lord our God , who hast brought forth Thy people from the land of Egypt by a strong hand , and dost make for Thee a name as at this day , we have sinned , we have done wickedly . ylt @Daniel:9:16 @'O Lord , according to all Thy righteous acts , let turn back , I pray Thee , Thine anger and Thy fury from Thy city Jerusalem , Thy holy mount , for by our sins , and by the iniquities of our fathers , Jerusalem and Thy people [are ] for a reproach to all our neighbours ; ylt @Daniel:9:17 @and now , hearken , O our God , unto the prayer of Thy servant , and unto his supplication , and cause Thy face to shine on Thy sanctuary that [is ] desolate , for the Lord 's sake . ylt @Daniel:9:18 @'Incline , O my God , Thine ear , and hear , open Thine eyes and see our desolations , and the city on which Thy name is called ; for not for our righteous acts are we causing our supplications to fall before Thee , but for Thy mercies that [are ] many . ylt @Daniel:9:19 @O lord , hear , O Lord , forgive ; O Lord , attend and do ; do not delay , for Thine own sake , O my God , for Thy name is called on Thy city , and on Thy people .'

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