32. You have handed us over to our enemies,lawless and hateful rebels;to an unjust king, the worst in all the world.
33. Now we cannot open our mouths;shame and reproach have come upon us,your servants, who revere you.
34. For your name’s sake, do not deliver us up forever,or make void your covenant.
35. Do not take away your mercy from us,for the sake of Abraham, your beloved,Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,
36. To whom you promised to multiply their offspringlike the stars of heaven,or the sand on the shore of the sea.
37. For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation,brought low everywhere in the world this daybecause of our sins.
38. We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader,no burnt offering, sacrifice, oblation, or incense,no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you.
39. But with contrite heart and humble spiritlet us be received;As though it were burnt offerings of rams and bulls,or tens of thousands of fat lambs,
40. So let our sacrifice be in your presence todayand find favor before you;for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.
41. And now we follow you with our whole heart,we fear you and we seek your face.Do not put us to shame,
42. but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy.
43. Deliver us in accord with your wonders,and bring glory to your name, O Lord:
44. Let all those be put to shamewho inflict evils on your servants;Let them be shamed and powerless,and their strength broken;
45. Let them know that you alone are the Lord God,glorious over the whole world.”
46. Now the king’s servants who had thrown them in continued to stoke the furnace with naptha, pitch, tow, and brush.