Ezra 9:3-10

3When I heard about this matter, I 1tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and 2sat down appalled. 4Then 3everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until 4the evening offering.

5But at the evening offering I arose from my 5humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell on my knees and 6stretched out my 7hands to the Lord my God; 6and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have 8risen above our heads and our 9guilt has grown even to the heavens. 710Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to 1112open shame, as it is this day. 8But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, 13to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a 14peg in His holy place, that our God may 15enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage. 916For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but 17has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

10“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,