Nehemiah 4:4-6

New Living Translation

⁴ Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land! ⁵ Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of^[a] the builders.”

⁶ At last the wall was completed to half its height around the entire city, for the people had worked with enthusiasm.