knees with a broken heart, in bitter sorrow for his sin. Much reading and much thinking may be necessary, but they are not enough for the right understanding of this prayer. It must be uttered upon the knees, with self-abasement, and to God. Then only can it become a blessing to us. Let us therefore look continually to God for His light and teaching, until by using it in prayer we have made this Psalm our own. ‘Have mercy upon me, O God.’ The true suppliant believes that there is mercy with God.