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Don`t be angry very sore, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
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A Plea for Mercy, Not Exemption
The commentators explain that this prayer isn't an attempt to dodge all consequences for sin. Instead, it's a humble request for God to moderate His anger. As John Calvin notes, the people ask for 'judgment' (corrective discipline) rather than 'wrath' (utter destruction), acknowledging they deserve punishment but pleading for a severity they can endure.
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Isaiah
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19th Century
Baptist
We are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: …
16th Century
Protestant
Be not angry, O Jehovah, beyond measure. The people pray that the severity of punishment and the fierceness of the wrath of God may be aba…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord They knew not how to deprecate the displeasure of God entirely; having sinned so grea…
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Presbyterian
The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, acknowledging themselves unworthy of His mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which…
13th Century
Catholic
O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.
First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …
