Not to us, O LORD,not to us, But to Your namegivegloryBecauseof Your lovingkindness,becauseof Your truth.
I will bowdowntowardYour holytempleAnd givethanksto Your namefor Your lovingkindnessand Your truth;For You have magnifiedYour wordaccordingto allYour name.
He will abidebeforeGodforever;Appointlovingkindnessand truththat they may preservehim.
Arise,O God,[and] pleadYour own cause;Rememberhow the foolishmanreproachesYou alldaylong.
Ascribeto the LORDthe gloryof His name;Bringan offeringand comeinto His courts.
"For My own sake,for My own sake,I will act;For howcan [My name] be profaned?And My gloryI will not giveto another.
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nations,before whosesightI had broughtthem out.
"Thereforesayto the houseof Israel,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"It is not for your sake,O houseof Israel,that I am about to act,but for My holyname,whichyou have profanedamong the nationswhereyou went.
"I am not doing[this] for your sake,"declaresthe LordGOD,"let it be knownto you. Be ashamedand confoundedfor your ways,O houseof Israel!"
"O Lord,hear!O Lord,forgive!O Lord,listenand takeaction!For Your own sake,O my God,do not delay,becauseYour cityand Your peopleare calledby Your name."
You will givetruthto Jacob[And] unchangingloveto Abraham,WhichYou sworeto our forefathersFrom the daysof old.
For the Lawwas giventhroughMoses;graceand truthwere realizedthroughJesusChrist.
to the praiseof the gloryof His grace,whichHe freely bestowedon us in the Beloved.
"For the Canaanitesand allthe inhabitantsof the landwill hearof it, and they will surroundus and cutoffour namefrom the earth.And whatwill You dofor Your greatname?"
