Nehemiah 1:6

1:6 may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed 1  against you – both I myself and my family 2  have sinned.

Psalms 86:6

86:6 O Lord, hear my prayer!

Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Psalms 130:2

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! 3 

Pay attention to 4  my plea for mercy!

1 tn Heb “have sinned.” For stylistic reasons – to avoid redundancy in English – this was translated as “committed.”

2 tn Heb “the house of my father.”

3 tn Heb “my voice.”

4 tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”