Psalms 106:8
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:6Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Numbers 14:13And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
Joshua 4:24that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually.
1 Samuel 12:22For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.
Psalms 111:6He hath shewn his people the power of his works, to give them the heritage of the nations.
Isaiah 48:9For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:7-13
The Sins of Israelites. 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him… Read the whole commentary →