7. Israel's penitential confession and prayer for restoration
(Ps 102:17, 20),
extending from
Isa 63:7 to 64:12.
loving-kindnesses . . . praises . . . mercies . . . loving-kindnesses--The plurals and the repetitions imply that language is inadequate to
express the full extent of God's goodness.
us--the dispersed Jews at the time just preceding their final
restoration.
house of Israel--of all ages; God was good not merely to the Jews
now dispersed, but to Israel in every age of its history.
JFB.
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