For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off.

“我为我的名暂且忍怒，为我的颂赞向你容忍，不将你剪除。

“我为我的名暂且忍怒，为了我的荣耀向你容忍，不将你剪除。

“我为我的名暂且忍怒，为了我的荣耀向你容忍，不将你剪除。

“我为了我的名，暂时忍怒；我为了我的荣耀，压住怒气，不消灭你。

为了我的名的缘故，我暂时不发怒；为了我的名誉的缘故，我向你忍耐；不把你剪除。

为我名的缘故，我忍住怒气；为了我当受的赞美，我向你忍怒，不把你剪除。

我為我的名暫且忍怒，為我的頌讚向你容忍，不將你剪除。

「我為我的名暫且忍怒，為了我的榮耀向你容忍，不將你剪除。

「我為我的名暫且忍怒，為了我的榮耀向你容忍，不將你剪除。

「我為了我的名，暫時忍怒；我為了我的榮耀，壓住怒氣，不消滅你。

為了我的名的緣故，我暫時不發怒；為了我的名譽的緣故，我向你忍耐；不把你剪除。

『為了我的名的緣故、我和緩了怒氣；為了我之得頌讚、我向你抑制了自己，不將你剪除掉。

為我名的緣故，我忍住怒氣；為了我當受的讚美，我向你忍怒，不把你剪除。

今緣我名、遲延我怒、為我聲譽、忍怒不發、免爾滅絕、

我怒不遽發、不滅絕爾者、正以彰我榮、

我為己名而怒不遽發、為己榮向爾懲忿、不滅絕爾、

For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.

For the honor of my own name I wait to show my anger. I hold it back from you so people will continue to praise me. I do not want to destroy you completely.

“ 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.

Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.

I will delay my anger for the sake of my name, and I will restrain myself for your benefit and for my praise, so that you will not be destroyed.

“ For My name’s sake I will defer My anger, And for My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off.

For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

I will delay My anger for the honor of My name, and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise, so that you will not be destroyed.

For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.

For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.

But He, being compassionate, forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not stir up all His wrath.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you in behalf of My name, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, house of Israel,” declares the Lord God.’ ”

But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them out.

For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

But I withdrew My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

‘ For I will protect this city to save it for My own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.’ ”

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.He will not always contend with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.

For the sake of Your name, Lord, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

For the sake of Your name, Lord, Forgive my wrongdoing, for it is great.

But I acted for the sake of My name, that it would not be defiled in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.My God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our pleas before You based on any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion.Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

“ I, I alone, am the one who wipes out your wrongdoings for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

Though our wrongdoings testify against us, Lord, act for the sake of Your name! Our apostasies have indeed been many, We have sinned against You.

Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, So that He might make His power known.

However, You remained patient with them for many years, And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, Yet they would not listen. Therefore You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or abandon them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear about it, and they will surround us and eliminate our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?”

A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And save us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name.