John Trapp on Daniel 9:18

Ver. 18. O my God, incline thine ear and hear, open thine eyes and behold, &c.] Thus growing to a concluſion of his prayer he prayes more earneſtly: he ſtretcheth out his petitions as it were upon the tenters with thoſe good ſouls, Act. 12.5. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. he ſtirreth up himſelf and taketh better hold, as reſolved not to let him go without the bleſſing. The like, before him, did good Hezekiah, with whom he concurreth in the very letter of his requeſt, Eſa. 37.17. See the Notes there.

For our own righteouſneſſes] Which are nothing better then a rotten rag, a menſtruous clout, ſuch as a man would not dain to take up or touch.

But for thy great mercies] Through the merits of the promiſed Meſſiah.