Ezra 9:6-8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.^{(B) 7} Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our fathers until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame,^(C) as it is today. ⁸ But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from Yahweh our God to preserve a remnant^(D) for us and give us a stake^(E) in His holy place. Even in our slavery, God has given us new life and light to our eyes.^(F)