Nehemiah 9:33
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New International Version (©2011)
In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Every time you punished us you were being just. We have sinned greatly, and you gave us only what we deserved.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"However, You are just in all that has come upon us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
You are righteous concerning all that has come on us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

International Standard Version (©2012)
You are righteous in all that is happening to us, because you have acted faithfully while we have practiced evil.

NET Bible (©2006)
You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But you were fair about everything that has happened to us. You have been faithful, but we have been wicked.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Yet you are just in all that is brought upon us; for you have done right, but we have done wickedly:

American King James Version
However, you are just in all that is brought on us; for you have done right, but we have done wickedly:

American Standard Version
Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.

Darby Bible Translation
But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.

English Revised Version
Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly:

Webster's Bible Translation
But thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

World English Bible
However you are just in all that is come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

Young's Literal Translation
and Thou art righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:4-38 The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their hearts. The testimony of the prophets was the testimony of the Spirit in the prophets, and it was the Spirit of Christ in them. They spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and what they said is to be received accordingly. The result was, wonder at the Lord's mercies, and the feeling that sin had brought them to their present state, from which nothing but unmerited love could rescue them. And is not their conduct a specimen of human nature? Let us study the history of our land, and our own history. Let us recollect our advantages from childhood, and ask what were our first returns? Let us frequently do so, that we may be kept humble, thankful, and watchful. Let all remember that pride and obstinacy are sins which ruin the soul. But it is often as hard to persuade the broken-hearted to hope, as formerly it was to bring them to fear. Is this thy case? Behold this sweet promise, A God ready to pardon! Instead of keeping away from God under a sense of unworthiness, let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. He is a God ready to pardon.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Howbeit, thou art just in all that is brought upon us,.... They own the justice of God, could not complain of any wrong done them; and had he shown them no mercy at all, it was but what they deserved:

for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly; he had done according to the truth of his word of promise, he had faithfully kept it, but they had transgressed his righteous law.

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The People Confess Their Sins
…32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keep covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. 33However, you are just in all that is brought on us; for you have done right, but we have done wickedly: 34Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies, with which you did testify against them. …

Genesis 18:25 Far be it from you to do such a thing--to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
Ezra 9:15 LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence."
Nehemiah 9:34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests and our ancestors did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep.
Psalm 119:137 You are righteous, LORD, and your laws are right.
Jeremiah 12:1 You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Jeremiah 44:3 because of the evil they have done. They aroused my anger by burning incense to and worshiping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever knew.
Daniel 9:5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.