⁷ “Righteousness is on your side, O Lord. As for us, we are filled with shame even to this day—we, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the countries to which you have dispersed us because of the treachery that we have committed against you.

⁸ “O Lord, we are filled with shame—our kings, our princes, and our fathers—for having sinned against you. ⁹ But you, O Lord, our God, are always prepared to show compassion and forgiveness. Yet we rebelled against you