“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)

⁷ “Lord, you are righteous,^(A) but this day we are covered with shame^(B)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered^(C) us because of our unfaithfulness^(D) to you.^(E)