6 And I said: “O my God, I am too ^aashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for ^bour iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has ^cgrown up to the heavens.  ‡

7 Since the days of our fathers to this day ^awe have been very guilty, and for our iniquities ^bwe, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the ^csword, to captivity, to plunder, and to ^dhumiliation, as it is this day.  ‡

9 ^aFor we were slaves. ^bYet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but ^cHe extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us ^da wall in Judah and Jerusalem.  ‡

10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,