Daniel 9:17

17 »”Y ahora, Dios y Señor nuestro, escucha las oraciones y súplicas de este siervo tuyo. Haz honor a tu nombre y mira con amor a tu santuario, que ha quedado desolado.

Daniel 9:17 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 9:17

Now therefore, O our God
This being our miserable case, and the seventy years' captivity being at an end, and thou still our covenant God, whom we profess and worship: hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications;
which he had put up in an humble manner, consisting of various petitions for grace and mercy before expressed: and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate;
the temple; its walls demolished, its altars thrown down, and the whole in ruins; a melancholy scene! the Lord, suffering these things, seemed to frown upon it, and upon his people, that used to serve him there; wherefore it is entreated that he would smile upon it again, and upon them, and cause it to be rebuilt, and his worship restored in it: and this is asked for the Lord's sake:
that is, for Christ's sake, who is Lord of all, especially of his chosen people, by creation, redemption, and marriage, as well as by their own consent and profession; and for whose sake, and in whose name, all requests are to be made to God, he being the only Mediator between God and man; and for the sake of whose blood, righteousness, and mediation, all the blessings of goodness are given unto men; and who also was Lord and proprietor of the temple, and was to come into it, as well as was the antitype of it.

Daniel 9:17 In-Context

15 »”Señor y Dios nuestro, que con mano poderosa sacaste de Egipto a tu pueblo y te has hecho famoso, como hoy podemos ver: ¡Hemos pecado; hemos hecho lo malo!

16 Aparta tu ira y tu furor de Jerusalén, como corresponde a tus actos de justicia. Ella es tu ciudad y tu monte santo. Por nuestros pecados, y por la iniquidad de nuestros antepasados, Jerusalén y tu pueblo son objeto de burla de cuantos nos rodean.

17 »”Y ahora, Dios y Señor nuestro, escucha las oraciones y súplicas de este siervo tuyo. Haz honor a tu nombre y mira con amor a tu santuario, que ha quedado desolado.

18 Préstanos oído, Dios nuestro; abre los ojos y mira nuestra desolación y la ciudad sobre la cual se invoca tu nombre. Al hacerte estas peticiones, no apelamos a nuestra rectitud sino a tu gran misericordia.

19 ¡Señor, escúchanos! ¡Señor, perdónanos! ¡Señor, atiéndenos y actúa! Dios mío, haz honor a tu nombre y no tardes más; ¡tu nombre se invoca sobre tu ciudad y sobre tu pueblo!”