4 “I prayed to Adonai my God and confessed, saying: ‘O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love Him and keep His mitzvot,
5 we have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted wickedly; we have rebelled; we have turned away from Your mitzvot and from Your rulings.
6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7 “‘You Lord are righteousness, but shame covers our face to this day—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries where you have banished them—because they behaved unfaithfully toward you.
8 Adonai, shame covers our face—our kings, our leaders, our fathers—because we have sinned against you.
9 The Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.
10 We have not obeyed the voice of Adonai Eloheinu by walking in His Torah that He set before us through His servants the prophets.