36. You have spoken with them, promising that you would multiply their offspring like the stars of heaven and like the sand on the seashore.
37. For we, O Lord, are diminished more than all other peoples, and we are brought low throughout all the earth, this day, because of our sins.
38. Neither is there, at this time, a leader, or a ruler, or a prophet, nor any holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of first fruits, in your eyes,
39. so that we may be able to find your mercy. Nevertheless, with a contrite soul and humble spirit, let us be accepted.