Some take “righteous” to mean here “kind” or “merciful.” Others give it the more usual sense of “just,” and understand the full meaning of the pass…

Ezra’s prayer of confession and deprecation.

(Ezra 9:5) And at the evening sacrifice I arose up.—Until the afternoon Ez…

O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous
And would appear to be so, should Israel be entirely cut off, and utterly co…

The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the ble ed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the…