Nehemiah 9:32–37

³²Now therefore, our God, the ^rgreat, the mighty, and the terrible God, ^swho keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the ^†trouble seem little before thee, ^†that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, ^tsince the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. ³³Howbeit ^uthou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but ^xwe have done wickedly: ³⁴Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. ³⁵For they ^yhave not served thee in their kingdom, and in ^zthy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and ^zfat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. ³⁶Behold, ^awe are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: ³⁷And ^bit yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.