Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services.It seems Nehemiah was very insecure in his place before God. This is one of several similar proclamations he makes in this chapter, extolling the good things he has done, and asking God to remember them. That he did good is not disputed, but he seems to feel it is necessary for him to remind God of these, so that they are a credit on his account.
Was he still laboring under the impression that he had something to make up for? If so, what is that something? The years he was not living in the land, where he could not practice many of their traditions and ceremonies? Or had he spent so much time in the king's service that he had become fearful and thought God was like the king, fickle and likely to destroy him at a whim?
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