Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
Parallel translations
- WEB Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
- KJV Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
- NKJV Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name’s sake!
- NASB Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And save us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name.
- NLT Help us, O God of our salvation! Help us for the glory of your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.
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Quick answer
They ask God to help, deliver, and forgive for the glory of His name. Salvation is sought on the basis of God's honor, not their worth.
Overview
The petition pleads 'for the glory of your name' and 'for your name's sake,' grounding forgiveness in God's character rather than human merit. This is the heart of grace: God saves to display His own glory. It anticipates the gospel, in which God forgives sins and delivers His people through Christ, to the praise of His glorious grace.
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Cross-references · 16
- Jer 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Ps 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
- 2 Chr 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
- Isa 48:9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
- Jer 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- Ezek 20:14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Ps 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
- Isa 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Dan 9:19O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
- Ezek 20:9But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Ps 31:3For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
- Ps 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
- Josh 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Mal 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Dan 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
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