Psalms 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.
Young's Literal Translation
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Joshua 7:9and the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land do hear, and have come round against us, and cut off our name out of the earth; and what dost Thou do for Thy great name?'
Psalms 25:11For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it [is] great.
Psalms 65:3Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions — Thou dost cover them.
Isaiah 43:25I — I [am] He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.
Jeremiah 14:7Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.
Ezekiel 20:9And I do [it] for My name's sake, Not to pollute [it] before the eyes of the nations, In whose midst they [are], Before whose eyes I became known to them, To bring them out from the land of Egypt.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:7-13
Petitions for Succor and Relief; Petitions for Deliverance. 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 9 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. 10 Wherefore should the… Read the whole commentary →