You do it - Rather, "you deal, you act for Your Name’s sake, that is, not according to the strict measure of right and wrong, but as a God m…

O Lord ... —From the picture of suffering the prophet turns to a prayer for pardon and a confession of sins. He is sure that the d…

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake:

You cannot do it because of any merit of ours.

The Prophet, no doubt, intended here to exhort the Jews by his own example to seek pardon; nor does he so assume the character of others, as though…

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us That we deserve such judgments to be inflicted on us; and that God is ri…

The people were in tears. But it was the cry of their trouble and their sin, rather than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water…

Here, the prophet begins to pray to God for the people.

He makes his case with three arguments:

1. An argument for mercy from the …