Nehemiah 9:32–37

³²“Now therefore, our God,

The great, the ^mmighty, and awesome God,

Who keeps covenant and mercy:

Do not let all the ⁸trouble seem small before You

That has come upon us,

Our kings and our princes,

Our priests and our prophets,

Our fathers and on all Your people,

ⁿFrom the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

³³However ^oYou are just in all that has befallen us;

For You have dealt faithfully,

But ^pwe have done wickedly.

³⁴Neither our kings nor our princes,

Our priests nor our fathers,

Have kept Your law,

Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies,

With which You testified against them.

³⁵For they have ^qnot served You in their kingdom,

Or in the many good things that You gave them,

Or in the large and rich land which You set before them;

Nor did they turn from their wicked works.

³⁶“Here ^rwe are, servants today!

And the land that You gave to our fathers,

To eat its fruit and its bounty,

Here we are, servants in it!

³⁷And ^sit yields much increase to the kings

You have set over us,

Because of our sins;

Also they have ^tdominion over our bodies and our cattle

At their pleasure;

And we are in great distress.