1 Esdras 8:74

74 I said, "O Lord, I am ashamed and confused in your presence.

1 Esdras 8:74 In-Context

72 I sat there grieving about this sin until it was time for the evening sacrifice to be offered, when people began to gather around me - all those who were disturbed by what the Lord of Israel had said.

73 Then I got up from where I had been fasting, and still wearing my torn clothes, I knelt in prayer and stretched out my hands to the Lord.

74 I said, "O Lord, I am ashamed and confused in your presence.

75 Our sins tower over our heads; they reach as high as the heavens.

76 This has been true from the days of our ancestors until now; we, your people, have sinned greatly.