Ezra 9:13

9:13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint ¹  toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.

Nehemiah 9:33

9:33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. ²  It is we who have been in the wrong!

Daniel 9:7

9:7 “You are righteous, ³  O Lord, but we are humiliated this day ⁴  – the people ⁵  of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.

Daniel 9:16

9:16 O Lord, according to all your justice, ⁶  please turn your raging anger ⁷  away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

Romans 10:3

10:3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

¹ tn Heb “held back downwards from”; KJV “hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve” (NIV, NRSV, NLT all similar).

² tn Heb “you have done truth.”

³ tn Heb “to you (belongs) righteousness.”

⁴ tn Heb “and to us (belongs) shame of face like this day.”

⁵ tn Heb “men.”

⁴ tn Or “righteousness.”

⁵ tn Heb “your anger and your rage.” The synonyms are joined here to emphasize the degree of God’s anger. This is best expressed in English by making one of the terms adjectival (cf. NLT “your furious anger”; CEV “terribly angry”).