Observe here,
1. How he entitles God to the city for his name. It was the city of God, Psalms 48:1,2,8 Jer 25:29. It is a good argument in prayer to entitle ourselves to God; yea, to interest God to ourselves, and to our cause. Observe,
2. How careful and cautious the prophet is to flee to mercy, and to renounce merit. Thus all the saints.