Daniel 9:5-6

9:5 we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards. 9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority ¹  to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, ²  and to all the inhabitants ³  of the land as well.

Daniel 9:8-11

9:8 O LORD, we have been humiliated ⁴  – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you. 9:9 Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, ⁵  even though we have rebelled against him. 9:10 We have not obeyed ⁶  the LORD our God by living according to ⁷  his laws ⁸  that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

9:11 “All Israel has broken ⁹  your law and turned away by not obeying you. ¹⁰  Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened ¹¹  in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. ¹² 

Daniel 9:13-15

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 ¹³  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ¹⁴  from your reliable moral standards. ¹⁵  9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just ¹⁶  in all he has done, ¹⁷  and we have not obeyed him. ¹⁸ 

9:15 “Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power ¹⁹  and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day – we have sinned and behaved wickedly.

Daniel 9:17

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ²⁰  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ²¹  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ²² 

[9:6]  ¹ tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”

[9:6]  ² tn Heb “our fathers” (also in vv. 8, 16). The Hebrew term translated “father” can refer to more distant relationships such as grandfathers or ancestors.

[9:6]  ³ tn Heb “people.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “to us (belongs) shame of face.”

[9:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the Lord our God (belong) compassion and forgiveness.”

[9:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “paid attention to the voice of,” which is an idiomatic expression for obedience (cf. NASB “nor have we obeyed the voice of”).

[9:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[9:10]  ⁸ tc The LXX and Vulgate have the singular.

[9:11]  ⁹ tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.

[9:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”

[9:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the curse and the oath which is written.” The term “curse” refers here to the judgments threatened in the Mosaic law (see Deut 28) for rebellion. The expression “the curse and the oath” is probably a hendiadys (cf. Num 5:21; Neh 10:29) referring to the fact that the covenant with its threatened judgments was ratified by solemn oath and made legally binding upon the covenant community.

[9:11]  ¹² tn Heb “him.”

[9:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

[9:13]  ¹⁴ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

[9:13]  ¹⁵ 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.

[9:14]  ¹⁶ tn Or “righteous.”

[9:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”

[9:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”

[9:15]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “with a powerful hand.”

[9:17]  ²⁰ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

[9:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “let your face shine.” This idiom pictures God smiling in favor. See Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19.

[9:17]  ²² tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.