6565. And now forgive I pray the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. That this signifies repentance and acknowledgment of the Divine things of the church, is evident from the signification of “forgive I pray the transgression,” as being confession of having transgressed, and repentance; and from the signification of the “servants of the God of thy father,” as being acknowledgment of the Divine things of the church. For by calling themselves the “servants of the God of his father,” they acknowledge that they serve the God of the church, consequently they acknowledge the Divine things therein; for by “Israel,” here the “father,” is signified the church (see n. 4286, 6426).