Discovery BoxDaniel 9:13 
Context9:13 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
Context9:18 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.”
