1 Esdras 8:73-75

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷³ Then I rose from my fast, with my garments and my holy mantle torn, and kneeling down and stretching out my hands to the Lord ⁷⁴ I said:

‘O Lord, I am ashamed and confused before your face. ⁷⁵ For our sins have risen higher than our heads, and our mistakes have mounted up to heaven