Helpus, O Godof our salvation,for the gloryof Your name;And deliverus and forgiveour sinsfor Your name'ssake.
Then Asacalledto the LORDhis Godand said,"LORD,thereis noonebesidesYou to help[in the battle] betweenthe powerfuland those who havenostrength;so helpus, O LORDour God,for we trustin You, and in Your namehave comeagainstthismultitude.O LORD,You are our God;let not manprevailagainstYou."
Not to us, O LORD,not to us, But to Your namegivegloryBecauseof Your lovingkindness,becauseof Your truth.
For Your name'ssake,O LORD,Pardonmy iniquity,for it is great.
For You are my rockand my fortress;For Your name'ssakeYou will leadme and guideme.
Iniquitiesprevailagainstme; As for our transgressions,You forgivethem.
"I, even I, am the one who wipesout your transgressionsfor My own sake,And I will not rememberyour sins.
"For the sakeof My nameI delayMy wrath,And [for] My praiseI restrain[it] for you, In order not to cutyou off.
Do not despise[us], for Your own name'ssake;Do not disgracethe throneof Your glory;Remember[and] do not annulYour covenantwith us.
"Althoughour iniquitiestestifyagainst us, O LORD,actfor Your name'ssake!Trulyour apostasieshave beenmany,We have sinnedagainst You.
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nations,before whosesightI had broughtthem out.
"Then you will knowthat I am the LORDwhen I have dealtwith you for My name'ssake,not according to your evilwaysor according to your corruptdeeds,O houseof Israel,"declaresthe LordGOD.'"
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nationsamongwhomthey [lived], in whosesightI madeMyself knownto them by bringingthem out of the landof Egypt.
"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."
"To the Lordour God[belong] compassionand forgiveness,for we have rebelledagainst Him;
"Ifyou do not listen,and ifyou do not takeit to heartto givehonorto My name,"saysthe LORDof hosts,"then I will sendthe curseupon you and I will curseyour blessings;and indeed,I have cursedthem [already], becauseyou are not taking[it] to heart.
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?"
