But now, O Lord, you are our Father - (See the notes at Isaiah 63:16).

We are the clay - The idea seems to b…

We are the clay, and you our potter ... —Commonly, partly, perhaps, from St. Paul’s application of the image in Romans 9:20-21, and Isaiah…

And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee:

That is a wonderful description of pray…

And now, O Jehovah. After complaining of their miseries, by which they were almost overwhelmed, they now more openly ask pardon from God a…

But now, O Lord, you are our father. Notwithstanding all that we have done against you, and you have done to us, the rela…

The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, acknowledging themselves unworthy of His mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which…

1. O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.

   First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …