Nehemiah 1:4-11 - ESV Bible - As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept...

Nehemiah's Prayer

4 As soon as I heard these words I ¹sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the ²God of heaven.

5 And I said, "O LORD God of heaven, ³the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

6 ⁴let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, ⁵confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even ⁶I and my father's house have sinned.

7 ⁷We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules ⁸that you commanded your servant Moses.

8 Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, ⁹I will scatter you among the peoples,

9 ¹⁰but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, ¹¹though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them ¹²to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.'

10 ¹³They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.

11 O Lord, ¹⁴let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."Now I was ¹⁵cupbearer to the king.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Neemias 1:4 Tendo eu ouvido estas palavras, sentei-me e chorei, e lamentei por alguns dias; e continuei a jejuar e orar perante o Deus do céu,

King James Version KJV

Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

New King James Version NKJV

Nehemiah 1:4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

Neemias 1:4 Quando ouvi essas coisas, sentei-me e chorei. Passei dias lamentando-me, jejuando e orando ao Deus dos céus.

Nehemiah 1:4-11 ESV