Lemekh hopes that Noah's birth will bring comfort to the world. Noah is a reminder of the good that exists in mankind; In the wake of Lemekh's prayer, God declares that He will indeed turn away His wrath from man and no longer judge him according to the strict demands of the Attribute of Justice. Man is in need of the Attribute of Mercy, for he is mere flesh and blood – a mortal who departs from the world after a brief hundred and twenty years.