Daniel:9:4-20
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I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession ,
saying , "
O Lord ,
the great and terrible God ,
who keepest covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments ,
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we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled ,
turning aside from thy commandments and ordinances ;
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we have not listened to thy servants the prophets ,
who spoke in thy name to our kings ,
our princes ,
and our fathers ,
and to all the people of the land .
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To thee ,
O Lord ,
belongs righteousness ,
but to us confusion of face ,
as at this day ,
to the men of Judah ,
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
and to all Israel ,
those that are near and those that are far away ,
in all the lands to which thou hast driven them ,
because of the treachery which they have committed against thee .
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To us ,
O Lord ,
belongs confusion of face ,
to our kings ,
to our princes ,
and to our fathers ,
because we have sinned against thee .
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To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness ;
because we have rebelled against him ,
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and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following his laws ,
which he set before us by his servants the prophets .
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All Israel has transgressed thy law and turned aside ,
refusing to obey thy voice .
And the curse and oath which are written in the law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us ,
because we have sinned against him .
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He has confirmed his words ,
which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us ,
by bringing upon us a great calamity ;
for under the whole heaven there has not been done the like of what has been done against Jerusalem .
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As it is written in the law of Moses ,
all this calamity has come upon us ,
yet we have not entreated the favor of the LORD our God ,
turning from our iniquities and giving heed to thy truth .
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Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us ;
for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which he has done ,
and we have not obeyed his voice .
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And now ,
O Lord our God ,
who didst bring thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand ,
and hast made thee a name ,
as at this day ,
we have sinned ,
we have done wickedly .
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O Lord ,
according to all thy righteous acts ,
let thy anger and thy wrath turn away from thy city Jerusalem ,
thy holy hill ;
because for our sins ,
and for the iniquities of our fathers ,
Jerusalem and thy people have become a byword among all who are round about us .
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Now therefore ,
O our God ,
hearken to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications ,
and for thy own sake ,
O Lord ,
cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary ,
which is desolate .
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O my God ,
incline thy ear and hear ;
open thy eyes and behold our desolations ,
and the city which is called by thy name ;
for we do not present our supplications before thee on the ground of our righteousness ,
but on the ground of thy great mercy .
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O LORD ,
hear ;
O LORD ,
forgive ;
O LORD ,
give heed and act ;
delay not ,
for thy own sake ,
O my God ,
because thy city and thy people are called by thy name ."
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While I was speaking and praying ,
confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel ,
and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy hill of my God ;
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