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For we do not present our supplication before you, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers and of our kings.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. Fathers. Greek adds, “and kings.”—Prayers. Greek “mercy.” We boast not of our good works. Bible.—Mercy may denote prayer or humiliation. Theodoret gives a better sense: ( Calmet.) “We trust not in the just works of our fathers, or of ourselves, to receive any pity.” Bible.
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