Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 9:15

15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous , for we remain yet escaped , as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses : for we cannot stand before thee , because of this .

A just and holy God, who dost hate, and wilst infallibly punish sin and sinners. Or, thou art merciful, as appears from hence, that notwithstanding all our sins, thou hast not utterly destroyed us, but left a remnant of us. The Hebrew word here rendred righteous, is oft used for merciful; as is well known to all the learned.

Or, though we remain, &c. i. e. Though thou hast yet spared us in part. yet thou art righteous, and therefore wilt certainly punish and destroy us according to our deserts, if we do not repent of, and reform this great wickedness.

We are here in thy presence, and so are all our sins; we are arraigning our selves before thy Tribunal, acknowledging our selves to be vile offenders, and thee to be just, if thou destroy us.

To wit, in Judgment, as that word is oft used, as Psal. 130. 3. Compare Psal. 1. 5. we must needs fall and perish at thy presence, as the phrase is, Psal. 9. 3.

Because of this our great guilt, and the aggravations of it.