Ezra 9:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 9:15. O Lord, thou art righteous A just and holy God, who hatest, and wilt infallibly punish, sin and sinners. Or, thou art merciful, for the Hebrew word here rendered righteous, often signifies merciful. Notwithstanding all our sins, thou hast not utterly destroyed us, but left us a remnant; for we remain yet escaped Not entirely destroyed, not punished as we deserved. Behold, we are before thee in our trespasses We are here in thy presence, and so are all our sins; we are arraigning ourselves before thy tribunal, acknowledging thee to be just if thou destroy us. For we cannot stand before thee In judgment, as that word is often used; we must needs fall and perish at thy presence.