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!

[1:6]  ¹ tn Heb “have sinned.” For stylistic reasons – to avoid redundancy in English – this was translated as “committed.”

[1:6]  ² tn Heb “the house of my father.”

[130:2]  ³ tn Heb “my voice.”

[130:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”