and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have [a]risen above our heads, and our (A)guilt has grown even to the heavens.

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  1. Ezra 9:6 Lit increased over the head

and prayed:

“I am too ashamed(A) and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.(B)

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12 For evils beyond number have (A)surrounded me;
My (B)guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are (C)more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my (D)heart has [a]failed me.

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  1. Psalm 40:12 Lit forsaken

12 For troubles(A) without number surround me;
    my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.(B)
They are more than the hairs of my head,(C)
    and my heart fails(D) within me.

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