# Do ... to anger. Nehemiah continues the prayer he began in verse 4. You may show this by making it a direct quote. "Then I prayed, 'Hear, our God, ... they are prisoners. Do not forgive ... the builders to anger.'" # let their sin not be blotted out from before you "do not forgive their sin" or "I do not want you to forgive their sin" # let ... not Nehemiah is expressing a desire. # they have provoked the builders to anger "they have made the builders become angry"