Daniel 9:2–23

²In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to ^fJeremiah the prophet, ^gthat he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. ³And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek ^hby prayer and ⁱsupplications, ^hkwith fasting, and ^lsackcloth, and ^lashes: ⁴And ^hI ^mprayed unto the Lord my God, and ^mnmade my confession, and said,

^oO Lord, ^opthe great and dreadful God, ^oqkeeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; ^5rWe have sinned, and ^rhave committed iniquity, and ^rhave done wickedly, and ^rrhave rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: ^6sNeither have we hearkened unto ^tthy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name ^uzto our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. ⁷O Lord, ^vrighteousness ^||belongeth unto thee, but ^vzunto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, ^wthat are near, and that are far off, through all the countries ^xwhither thou hast driven them, ^ybecause of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. ⁸O Lord, ^vzto us belongeth confusion of face, ^uato our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^bwe have sinned against thee. ^9cTo the Lord our God belong mercies and ^dforgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; ^10efNeither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, ^fto walk in his laws, which he set before us by ^ehis servants the prophets. ¹¹Yea, ^gall Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, ^hthat they might not obey thy voice; therefore ⁱthe curse ^kis poured upon us, and the oath ^lthat is written in the law of Moses ^llthe servant of God, ^bhbecause we have sinned against him. ¹²And ^mhe hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against ⁿour judges that judged us, ^oby bringing upon us a great evil: ^mfor under the whole heaven ^phath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. ¹³As ^lmit is written in the law of Moses, ^qall this evil is come upon us: ^ryet ^†made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and ^sunderstand thy truth. ¹⁴Therefore ^thath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for ^uthe Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for ^ewe obeyed not his voice. ^15vAnd now, O Lord our God, ^vwthat hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt ^xwith a mighty hand, and ^vhast ^†ygotten thee renown, as at this day; ^zwe have sinned, we have done wickedly. 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; ²¹Yea, ^swhiles I was speaking in prayer, even ^uthe man ^vGabriel, ^vwhom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly ^†swiftly, ^wtouched me ^xabout the time of the evening oblation. ²²And ^yhe informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth ^†to give thee skill and understanding. ^23sAt the beginning of thy ^hsupplications the ^†commandment came forth, and ^zI am come to shew thee; ^afor thou art ^†greatly beloved: therefore ^bunderstand the matter, and consider the vision.