Daniel 9:16

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness - not stern justice in punishing, but thy faithfulness to thy promises of mercy to them who truest in thee (; ).

Let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city - chosen as thine in the election of grace, which changes not.

For the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us

- (). He does not impugn God's justice in this, as did the complainers (Ezekiel 18:2: cf. ).

Thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us - which brings reproach on thy name. "All the nations that are about us" will say that thou, Yahweh, wast not able to save thy peculiar people. So , "for the Lord's sake;" , "for thine own sake" (; ).