by Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) “For thy name’s sale, O Lord, par­don my iniq­ui­ty; for it is great.” (Psalm 25:11)  It is evi­dent by some pas­sages in this psalm, that when it was penned, it was a time of afflic­tion and dan­ger with David. This appears par­tic­u­lar­ly by the 15th and fol­low­ing vers­es: “Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net,” etc. His dis­tress makes him think of his sins, and leads him to con­fess them, and to cry to God for par­don, as is suitable