Daniel 9:13

9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ¹  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ²  from your reliable moral standards. ³ 

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ⁴  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ⁵  and the city called by your name. ⁶  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ⁷  but because your compassion is abundant.

---

¹ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

² tn Or “by gaining insight.”

³ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.

⁴ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

⁵ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

⁶ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

⁷ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”