Daniel's Prayer for His People
Daniel 9:15 "And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly."
brought thy people... Israelites, even in apostasy and dispersion, are considered the chosen people of God. He is going to bring them to repentance and eternal obedience and fulfill the covenants made with them (Isa. 11:10-12; 59:20-21; 66:7-8; Eze. 37:1-28; Zech. 12:10-13:1; Luke 1:32-33; Rom. 11:25-29).
We must remember Daniel began his petition (Dan.9:15) by mentioning two of the same things with which he began his confession (Dan. 9:4-5): God’s greatness and the people’s sin. Daniel spoke of God’s delivering Israel out of Egypt by His great power (with a mighty hand). God was glorified through the deliverance of His people. But because the nation had sinned (Daniel’s fourth time to state that his people had sinned; cf. Dan. 9:5, 9:8, 9:11) she had become an object of scorn to those nations around her.
Petition
Daniel began his petition (Dan. 9:15) by mentioning two of the same things with which he began his confession (Dan. 9:4-5): God’s greatness and the people’s sin. Daniel spoke of God’s delivering Israel out of Egypt by His great power (with a mighty hand). God was glorified through the deliverance of His people. But because the nation had sinned (Daniel’s fourth time to state that his people had sinned; cf. Dan. 9:5, 9:8, 9:11) she had become an object of scorn to those nations around her.
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