Please, my Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayers of your servants who are delighted to revere your name. Make your servant successful today, and give him mercy in this man’s presence. I was cupbearer to the king.

So they refused to listen, and they did not remember your wonders that you did for them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God who is forgiving, merciful, and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in mercy. So you did not abandon them.

So now, you our God, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, who keeps the covenant of mercy, do not regard as trivial all the hardships that have found us, our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.