Daniel's Prayer of Confession
“O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God.”
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Daniel's prayer of national confession during Israel's exile in Babylon. He identifies with his people's sins and pleads for God's mercy and restoration. A model of humble, corporate repentance.