Daniel 9:19

hear … forgive The combination is, no doubt, suggested by 1 Kings 8:30 b, 1 Kings 8:34; 1 Kings 8:36; 1 Kings 8:39.

hearken attend, as the word is often rendered in the Psalms 17:1; Psalms 55:2; Psalms 61:1; Psalms 86:6; Psalms 142:6.

and do cf. Jeremiah 14:7, -though our iniquities testify against us, O Jehovah dofor thy name's sake": see also on Daniel 8:12.

defer not: for thine own sake, O my God, because, &c. (R.V.). The Hebrew accentuation places the main break in the verse at defer not.

defer not as Psalms 40:17 (Psalms 70:5: in A.V., R.V., make no long tarrying).

for thine own sake see on Daniel 9:17, end.

because thy name hath been called over thy city and thy people see on Daniel 9:18.