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May Jahve not remember the faults of his youth (חַטֹּאות), into which lust and thoughtlessness have precipitated him, nor the transgressions (פְּשָׁעִים), by which even in maturer and more thoughtful years he has turned the grace of God into licentiousness and broken off his fellowship with Him (פָּשַׁע בְּ, of defection); but may He, on the contrary, turn His remembrance to him (זָכַר לְ as in Psa 136:23) in accordance with His grace or loving-kindness, which אַתָּה challenges as being the form of self-attestation most closely corresponding to the nature of God. Memor esto quidem mei, observes Augustine, non secundum iram, qua ego dignus sum, sed secundum misericordiam tuam, quae te digna est. For God is טֹּוב, which is really equivalent to saying, He is ἀγάπη. The next distich shows that טוּב is intended here of God's goodness, and not, as e.g., in Neh 9:35, of His abundance of possessions.