Daily Devotional 9-16-2021
Psa 25:11 LORD, for the sake of your name, forgive my iniquity, for it is immense. David now returns briefly to prayer for forgiveness. Thoroughly convicted of the vastness of his guilt, he bases his appeal on “Your name’s sake, O LORD.” Since a person’s name often stands for the person himself, the psalmist is here pleading God’s own character—and especially His mercy and grace—as his only claim to pardon. There is not a word about David’s own merit!