Daniel 9:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ To thee, O Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as at this day to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, for their iniquities by which they have sinned against thee.

⁸ O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our princes, and to our fathers that have sinned.

⁹ But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee: