(8) And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
This conduct of Mephibosheth bespeaks a very humble soul. David had expressed much the same language when he began to be first noticed by Saul. See 1 Samuel 18:18. But it is still more beautiful and becoming when expressed as the language of grace, from a poor sinner brought into favour with the Lord Jesus.