Elements of Daniel's Prayer:
Adoration:
O Lord, the great and dreadful God,
Daniel 9:4
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity,
and have done wickedly, and have rebelled,
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets,
Daniel 9:5,6
Petition:
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness,
I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury
be turned away from thy city Jerusalem,
thy holy mountain:
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear;
open thine eyes, and behold our desolations,
Daniel 9:16,18
Closing:
O Lord, hear;
O Lord, forgive;
O Lord, hearken and do;
Daniel 9:19
Summary of Daniel's Prayer:
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,
though we have rebelled against him;
Daniel 9:9