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Ezra 9:5

PrayerHumility

3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

6 and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

7 From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

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BSB
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
KJV
And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
WEB
At the evening offering I rose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God;
ASV
And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God;
DARBY
And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation; and with my mantle and my garment rent, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Jehovah my God,
BLB
And at the sacrifice of the evening I arose from my humiliation, and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to YHWH my God,
ÅB
Men ved tiden for aftenofferet reiste jeg meg fra mitt sørgesete i min sønderrevne kjortel og min sønderrevne kappe, og jeg kastet meg på kne og rakte ut mine hender til Herren min Gud
OTB
Ved tiden for kveldsofferet reiste jeg meg fra min selvfornedrelse, med kappen og kappen min revet i stykker, og falt på knærne, utbredte hendene til Herren min Gud;
B1930
Men ved tiden for aftenofferet reiste jeg mig fra mitt sørgesete i min sønderrevne kjortel og min sønderrevne kappe, og jeg kastet mig på kne og rakte ut mine hender til Herren min Gud

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  • 1 Kings 8:38

    then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

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  • 1 Kings 8:54

    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

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  • 1 Kings 8:22

    Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

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  • Exodus 9:33

    Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

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  • Exodus 9:29

    Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

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  • Psalms 141:2

    May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

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  • Psalms 143:6

    I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

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  • Psalms 95:6

    O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

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