Ezra 9:7

9:7 From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and ¹  priests, have been delivered over by the local kings ²  to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment – right up to the present time.

Mazmur 44:16

44:16 before the vindictive enemy

who ridicules and insults me. ³ 

[9:7]  ¹ tc The MT lacks “and” here, but see the LXX and Vulgate.

[9:7]  ² tn Heb “the kings of the lands.”

[44:16]  ³ tn Heb “from the voice of one who ridicules and insults, from the face of an enemy and an avenger.” See Ps 8:2.