multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.’ Our transgressions must be blotted out by God Himself. This is the conviction in which David drew near to God. He feels that transgression must be blotted out; that he himself is not equal to this work; that mercy must do it for him. An expression in Ex. 32 will make this clear to us. There Moses says to God: ‘Now, then, if Thou wilt forgive their sin—; but if not, blot me out of Thy book which Thou hast written.’ Our sins also are written