^{4 Ref} And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;

^{5 Ref} We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:

^{6 Ref} We have not given ear to your servants the prophets, who said words in your name to our kings and our rulers and our fathers and all the people of the land.