Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:
thin eere be maad herknynge, and thin iyen openyd, þat thou here þe preier of thi seruaunt, bi which Y preie bifor þee to dai, bi nyyt and dai, for þe sones of Israel, thi seruauntis, and Y knouleche for þe synnes of þe sones of Israel, bi which þei han synned to þee; boþe Y and þe hows of my fadir han synned; we weren disseyued bi vanyte,