(A)Hear, O our God, how we are despised! (B)Return their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity. Do not [a](C)forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have [b]demoralized the builders.

So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a [c]mind to work.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Lit cover
  2. Nehemiah 4:5 Lit offended against
  3. Nehemiah 4:6 Lit heart