Good News Translation
"O Lord our God, we pray to you for mercy, but not because of any good things done by our ancestors and our kings.

New Revised Standard Version
For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our ancestors or our kings that we bring before you our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.

Contemporary English Version
Our Lord God, we pray for your mercy, even though our ancestors and our kings refused to do what was right.

New American Bible
“Not on the just deeds of our ancestors and our kings do we base our plea for mercy in your sight, LORD, our God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:

For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:

Baruch 2:17
Open thy eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice to the Lord:

Baruch 2:18
But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.

Baruch 2:20
But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:

Baruch 2:21
Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers.