Daniel 9:18-20

Lexham English Bible

¹⁸ Incline your ear, my God, and listen; open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that is called by your name, for we are not presenting our pleas for mercy before you^[a] because of our righteousness, but rather because of your great compassion. ¹⁹ Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay heed and act! You must not delay for your sake,^[b] my God; because your city and your people are called by your name.”^[c]

Gabriel’s Announcement and Presentation of the Seventy Sets of Seven

²⁰ Now I was still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before^[d] Yahweh my God, on behalf of the holy mountain of my God.^[e]