Daniel 9:3-23

Daniel 9:3-23

[3] And I set  my face  unto the Lord  God,  to seek  by prayer  and supplications,  with fasting,  and sackcloth,  and ashes:  [4] And I prayed  unto the LORD  my God,  and made my confession,  and said,  Lord,  the great  and dreadful  God,  keeping  the covenant  and mercy  to them that love  him, and to them that keep  his commandments;  [5] We have sinned,  and have committed iniquity,  and have done wickedly,  and have rebelled,  even by departing  from thy precepts  and from thy judgments:  [6] Neither have we hearkened  unto thy servants  the prophets,  which spake  in thy name  to our kings,  our princes,  and our fathers,  and to all the people  of the land.  [7] O Lord,  righteousness  belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion  of faces,  as at this day;  to the men  of Judah,  and to the inhabitants  of Jerusalem,  and unto all Israel,  that are near,  and that are far off,  through all the countries  whither thou hast driven  them, because of their trespass  that they have trespassed  against thee. [8] to us belongeth confusion  of face,  to our kings,  to our princes,  and to our fathers,  because we have sinned  against thee. [9] To the Lord  our God  belong mercies  and forgivenesses,  though we have rebelled  against him; [10] Neither have we obeyed  the voice  our God,  in his laws,  which he set  before  us by  his servants  the prophets.  [11] Yea, all Israel  have transgressed  thy law,  even by departing,  that they might not obey  thy voice;  therefore the curse  is poured  upon us, and the oath  that is written  in the law  of Moses  the servant  of God,  because we have sinned  against him. [12] And he hath confirmed  his words,  which he spake  against us, and against our judges  us, by bringing  upon us a great  evil:  for under the whole heaven  hath not been done  upon Jerusalem.  [13] As it is written  in the law  of Moses,  all this evil  is come  upon us: yet made we not our prayer  before  the LORD  our God,  that we might turn  from our iniquities,  and understand  thy truth.  [14] Therefore hath the LORD  watched  upon the evil,  and brought  it upon us: for the LORD  our God  is righteous  in all his works  which he doeth:  for we obeyed  not his voice.  [15] And now, O Lord  our God,  thy people  forth  out of the land  of Egypt  with a mighty  hand,  and hast gotten  thee renown,  as at this day;  we have sinned,  we have done wickedly.  [16] O Lord,  according to all thy righteousness,  I beseech thee, let thine anger  and thy fury  be turned away  from thy city  Jerusalem,  thy holy  mountain:  because for our sins,  and for the iniquities  of our fathers,  Jerusalem  and thy people  are become a reproach  to all that are about  [17] Now therefore, O our God,  hear  the prayer  of thy servant,  and his supplications,  and cause thy face  to shine  upon thy sanctuary  that is desolate,  for the Lord's  [18] O my God,  incline  thine ear,  and hear;  open  thine eyes,  and behold  and the city  which is called  by thy name:  for we do not present  our supplications  before  thee for our righteousnesses,  but for thy great  mercies.  [19] O Lord,  hear;  O Lord,  forgive;  O Lord,  hearken  and do;  defer  not,  for thine own sake, O my God:  for thy city  and thy people  are called  by thy name.  [20] And whiles I was speaking,  and praying,  and confessing  my sin  of my people  Israel,  and presenting  my supplication  before  the LORD  my God  for the holy  mountain  of my God;  [21] Yea, whiles I was speaking  in prayer,  even the man  Gabriel,  whom I had seen  in the vision  at the beginning,  being caused to fly  swiftly,  touched  me about the time  of the evening  oblation.  [22] And he informed  me, and talked  with me, and said,  O Daniel,  I am now come forth  to give thee skill  and understanding.  [23] At the beginning  of thy supplications  the commandment  came forth,  and I am come  to shew  therefore understand  the matter,  and consider  the vision.