our transgressions are multiplied] The cause, why God, and his aid is so farre from us, vers. 2.
before thee] Psal 90 8.
our sinnes testifie against us] Heb. answer against us. as a witnesse produced and examined upon interrogatories doth against him whom he standeth up to accuse, Exodus 20:16. See Chap. 3. 9. Jeremiah 14:7.
our transgressions are with us] The confession of the Church; which the Prophet also doth not exempt himself from, as being a member thereof, Exodus 34:9.
we know them] Or, acknowledge them. Psalms 51:3. Jeremiah 3:13. and Jeremiah 14:20.