1 Esdras 8:72-74

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷² And all who were ever moved at^[a] the word of the Lord of Israel gathered around me, as I mourned over this iniquity, and I sat grief-stricken until the evening sacrifice. 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.