He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I would be discredited.

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’”

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”

For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!

For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.

fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power and so you might always obey the Lord your God.”

But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices – they caused all their first born to pass through the fire – so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the Lord.’

It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! “‘Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!

Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.

For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great.

Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!