1 Esdras 8:70-72

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁷⁰ Then I rose from my fast, with my garments and my holy vestments torn, and kneeling down and stretching out my hands to the Lord I said,

⁷¹ “O Lord, I am ashamed and dishonored before your face. ⁷² For our sins have risen higher than our heads, and our mistakes have mounted up to heaven