Nehemiah 9:36-38

New King James Version

³⁶ “Here ^(A)we are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!
³⁷ And ^(B)it yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have ^(C)dominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.

³⁸ “And because of all this,
We ^(D)make a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests ^(E)seal it.”