And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight— This verse might be rendered, and he said, since now I have found grace in thy sight, let my LORD, אדני adoni [an unquestionable name or title of the MESSIAH] I pray thee, go amongst us; though it be a stiff-necked people: for thou wilt pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Note; Moses receives the proclamation of God with reverence, thankfulness, and submission; and having such grounds, improves them into a prayer for the pardon of Israel and God's presence among them. The more stiff-necked they had been, the more needful was God's patience and power to bear with and convert them. Note; 1. The ground of all prayer is the promises of God. 2. We have need continually to ask for the pardon of our sins, because we continually need it. 3. They who have found favour for their own souls, ought never to forget their stiff-necked neighbours.