Psalms 51:1

Psalms 51:1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

What delicious words those are! "Thy loving-kindness." I have sometimes felt glad to be a Saxon, that I should speak a language that had such delightful words in it. "Loving-kindness," "tender mercy." Now, the eye that is quickest to see the tenderness of God is the eye of repentance, for the sinner who feels condemnation in his own heart looks so keenly after everything that may make for his comfort, and his eye lights on the tender mercies and loving-kindness of God. The prayer is for pardon; nay, it is for purification, as well as pardon.