19. We have sinned with our fathers we have done unjustly, we have commited iniquity:
20. Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee,
21. That they may not say among the gentiles: Where is their God?
22. And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,
23. Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.
24. For perhaps he will put a stop to his indignation, and will give glory to his own name.