God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
It is significant, however, that Gideon based his appeal on psychology rather than theology. Why did he make no reference to God’s direction of him or God’s provision of victory (cf. ch. 5)? Having participated in a great deliverance, Gideon seems to have begun to exclude the Victor from His own victory.