Nehemiah 1:10

Now these are thy servants, and thy people,.... Meaning those that were in Jerusalem and Judah, gathered out of several countries, and returned to Jerusalem:

whom thou hast redeemed by thy great…

We have here Nehemiah's prayer, a prayer that has reference to all the prayers which he had for some time before been putting up to God day and night, while he continued his sorrows for the…

This verse states the ground on which the privilege of the promise is claimed.

Now theseare thy servants, &c. The connexion of thought, which is not very obvious at first sight, seems to be as…