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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Ps 25:11For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- 2 Chr 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
- Isa 48:9For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
- Jer 14:21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
- Ezek 20:14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Ps 65:3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- Dan 9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
- Ezek 20:9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Ps 31:3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
- Ps 115:1Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
- Josh 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
- Mal 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
- Eph 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- Dan 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
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