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…that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

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

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

…to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

…so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.

…so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”

…so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

…and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?