Here Nehemiah is praying to God. This can be stated clearly and written with quotation marks. Alternate translation: "Then I prayed, 'Hear, our God, ... for they have provoked the builders to anger.' So" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "we joined the wall together and it was half its total height" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])