This is awesome and great message. God's mercy is inextricably linked to his mercy, covenant, or covenant love. By compassion on his people in times of need, He shows His mercy, He is actually the God who says what He has said to be. Being merciful, or rather active: proving mercy, compassion, etc., comes from his side. A human being is dependent on it and may, therefore, ask according to the covenant. Here lies the foundation of an important principle that we meet again in the New Testament. Anyone who loves God or prays to Him in sincere repentance after sinful act(s) can count on his blessing and forgiveness. Not as a reward, he is entitled to the good deed he does, but as a gift that God gives in his grace and mercy. Creator of heaven and earth, establishes that He is the only God for the people of Israel who freed them out of Egypt in his faithfulness to his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In addition to, or instead of Him, a human being can not make another God. It is therefore obvious that severe penalties are being imposed on idolatry. For the Lord is the God of all men, also of us. We can also have the peace and the joy of prayer in prayer, in his mercy when we confess our sins to Him and have forgiven them. Thanks for sharing