“For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!
Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.
Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”
And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”
But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
“Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Many years you bore with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”
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