Daniel 9:16–20

¹⁶O Lord, ^aaccording to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, ^bthy holy mountain: ^cbecause for our sins, and ^dfor the iniquities of our fathers, ^eJerusalem and thy people ^fare become a reproach ^fgto all that are about us. ¹⁷Now therefore, O our God, ^hhear the prayer of thy servant, and ^hhis supplications, and ⁱcause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary ^kthat is desolate, ^lfor the Lord’s sake. ¹⁸O my God, ^mincline thine ear, and hear; ^mopen thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city ^†which is called by thy name: for we do not ^†present our ^hsupplications before thee ⁿfor our ^orighteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. ¹⁹O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; ^pdefer not, for ^lqthine own sake, O my God: for ^rthy city and thy people are called by thy name.

²⁰And ^swhiles I was speaking, and ^tpraying, and ^tconfessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for ^bthe holy mountain of my God;