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Help us for the glory of your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/79.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/79.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/79.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name’s sake!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/79.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name&#8217s sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/79.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name’s sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/79.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and atone for our sins for Your name’s sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/79.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/79.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God of our salvation, help us, for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/79.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God of our salvation, help us— for the glory of Your name. Deliver us and atone for our sins, because of Your name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/79.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/79.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our God, you keep us safe. Now help us! Rescue us. Forgive our sins and bring honor to yourself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/79.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/79.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Help us, O God, our savior, for the glory of your name. Rescue us, and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/79.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Help us, O God, and save us; rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of your own honor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/79.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Help us, God, our deliverer, on account of your glorious name, deliver us and forgive our sins on account of your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/79.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/79.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/79.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/79.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/79.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/79.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, "" Because of the glory of Your Name, "" And deliver us, and cover over our sins, "" For Your Name’s sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/79.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/79.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Help us, O God; save us, for the word of the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and cover our sins for sake of thy name.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/79.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/79.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 78:9>Help us, O God, our Savior. And free us, Lord, for the glory of your name. And forgive us our sins for the sake of your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/79.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Help us, God our savior, on account of the glory of your name. Deliver us, pardon our sins for your name’s sake. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/79.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/79.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/79.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Help us, God our Savior, for the honor of your Name; pardon and save us from our sins because of your Name.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/79.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/79.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Help us, O God our Saviour; for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us; and be merciful to our sins, for thy name's sake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/79-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10016" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">A Prayer for Deliverance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5826.htm" title="5826: ‘ā·zə·rê·nū (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 1cp) -- To help, succor. A primitive root; to surround, i.e. Protect or aid.">Help us,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">O God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3468.htm" title="3468: yiš·‘ê·nū (N-msc:: 1cp) -- Deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare. Or yeshai; from yasha'; liberty, deliverance, prosperity.">of our salvation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: kə·ḇō·wḏ- (N-msc) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">the glory</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·me·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">of Your name;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: wə·haṣ·ṣî·lê·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 1cp) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">deliver us</a> <a href="/hebrew/3722.htm" title="3722: wə·ḵap·pêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.">and atone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·nū (N-fpc:: 1cp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">our sins,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Prep) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">for the sake</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·me·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">of Your name.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-19.htm">Daniel 9:19</a></span><br />O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></span><br />I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22-23</a></span><br />Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. / I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Jeremiah 14:7</a></span><br />Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-11.htm">Psalm 25:11</a></span><br />For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-8.htm">Psalm 106:8</a></span><br />Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9-11</a></span><br />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. / See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12-14</a></span><br />Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” / So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22</a></span><br />Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-35.htm">Isaiah 37:35</a></span><br />‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Ezekiel 20:9</a></span><br />But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-44.htm">Ezekiel 20:44</a></span><br />Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-20</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. / You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25-26</a></span><br />God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. / He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a></span><br />In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for your name's sake.</p><p class="hdg">for the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/115-1.htm">Psalm 115:1</a></b></br> Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, <i>and</i> for thy truth's sake.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/14-11.htm">2 Chronicles 14:11</a></b></br> And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, <i>it is</i> nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou <i>art</i> our God; let not man prevail against thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Malachi 2:2</a></b></br> If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay <i>it</i> to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay <i>it</i> to heart.</p><p class="hdg">purge</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-11.htm">Psalm 25:11</a></b></br> For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it <i>is</i> great.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Psalm 65:3</a></b></br> Iniquities prevail against me: <i>as for</i> our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-9.htm">Daniel 9:9,19</a></b></br> To the Lord our God <i>belong</i> mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; … </p><p class="hdg">for thy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-9.htm">Joshua 7:9</a></b></br> For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear <i>of it</i>, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></b></br> I, <i>even</i> I, <i>am</i> he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/psalms/74-19.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/psalms/78-61.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/psalms/77-1.htm">Help</a> <a href="/psalms/75-6.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/psalms/31-3.htm">Name's</a> <a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/psalms/69-7.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/psalms/78-22.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/68-19.htm">Savior</a> <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Sins</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/83-16.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/psalms/91-14.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/85-2.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/psalms/85-2.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/psalms/83-8.htm">Help</a> <a href="/psalms/83-16.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/psalms/106-8.htm">Name's</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm">Purge</a> <a href="/psalms/105-14.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/psalms/80-2.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Savior</a> <a href="/psalms/85-2.htm">Sins</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 79</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">and promises thankfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/79.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/79.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Help us, O God of our salvation</b><br>This phrase acknowledges God as the ultimate source of deliverance and salvation. The psalmist appeals to God for assistance, recognizing His power and authority. The term "God of our salvation" emphasizes a personal relationship with God, who is seen as the savior of His people. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God is repeatedly seen as a deliverer (<a href="/exodus/15-2.htm">Exodus 15:2</a>, <a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm">Isaiah 12:2</a>). The plea for help is a common theme in the Psalms, where the faithful turn to God in times of distress.<p><b>for the glory of Your name</b><br>The request is not just for personal relief but for the glory of God's name. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a name represented one's character and reputation. The psalmist is concerned with God's reputation among the nations, implying that God's intervention would demonstrate His power and faithfulness. This reflects the biblical theme that God's actions are often for the sake of His name (<a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Ezekiel 20:9</a>, <a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22</a>). The glory of God's name is a central theme throughout Scripture, pointing to His holiness and majesty.<p><b>deliver us and atone for our sins</b><br>The plea for deliverance is coupled with a request for atonement, indicating an awareness of sin and its consequences. Atonement involves reconciliation with God, often through sacrifice, as seen in the Levitical system (Leviticus 16). This reflects the understanding that sin separates humanity from God, and only through divine intervention can reconciliation occur. The concept of atonement foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who provides the final atonement for sin (<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a>).<p><b>for the sake of Your name</b><br>Reiterating the concern for God's name, this phrase underscores the motivation behind the plea. The psalmist desires that God's actions reflect His character and uphold His reputation. This aligns with the biblical narrative where God's actions are often for His name's sake, ensuring that His holiness and righteousness are recognized (<a href="/psalms/23-3.htm">Psalm 23:3</a>, <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a>). The emphasis on God's name points to the importance of His covenant faithfulness and the assurance that He will act in accordance with His character.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/79.htm">Psalm 79</a>, Asaph was a prominent Levite singer and seer in David's court, known for his role in temple worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of Israel is the primary subject of this psalm, experiencing devastation and seeking God's intervention.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>Referred to as the "God of our salvation," highlighting His role as the deliverer and redeemer of Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city is implied as the setting, having faced destruction and desecration, prompting the plea for divine help.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_israel.htm">Enemies of Israel</a></b><br>The foreign nations that have invaded and desecrated the holy land, causing suffering and prompting the cry for deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_name.htm">The Importance of God's Name</a></b><br>God's name represents His character and reputation. Our prayers should align with His glory and purposes, seeking His intervention not just for personal relief but for His name's sake.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_divine_salvation.htm">Dependence on Divine Salvation</a></b><br>Recognize that true deliverance and atonement come from God alone. Our efforts are insufficient without His saving grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/confession_and_repentance.htm">Confession and Repentance</a></b><br>Acknowledge the need for atonement and forgiveness. Regular confession and seeking God's mercy are vital aspects of a believer's life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercessory_prayer.htm">Intercessory Prayer</a></b><br>Like Asaph, we should intercede for others, asking God to deliver and forgive, not only for their benefit but to uphold His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_covenant.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Covenant</a></b><br>Trust in God's faithfulness to His promises. He acts in accordance with His covenant, ensuring His name is honored among the nations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_79.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 79</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_act_only_for_his_pleasure.htm">Does God act solely for His own pleasure?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_injustice_present_in_psalm_62.htm">In Psalm 62, why is there still rampant injustice (verses 3, 9-10) if God truly is the believer's secure refuge?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_invaders,_not_israel,_in_psalm_79.htm">Why does Psalm 79 place sole blame on invading nations without acknowledging Israel’s own possible role in its downfall?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_david's_psalms.htm">What are the key themes in the Psalms of David?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/79.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Purge away.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">put a cover on. </span>So Cicero speaks of political crimes being <span class= "ital">covered </span>by the plea of friendship.<p><span class= "bld">Our sins.</span>--How is this to be taken in connection with <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm" title="O remember not against us former iniquities: let your tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.">Psalm 79:8</a>? Does the psalmist admit guilt in his own generation, as well as in those of former times? Or is he thinking only of the inherited guilt and punishment? The general tone of post-exile psalms inclines towards the latter view.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/79.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Help us, O</span> <span class="cmt_word">God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name.</span> The calamities suffered have not extinguished all faith or hope. God is still the God of Israel's salvation, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the God from whom alone salvation can be obtained and may be expected. He is entreated to come to Israel's aid, not for their sakes, as they are wholly undeserving, but for his own glory (comp. <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12</a>; <a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Numbers 14:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-28.htm">Deuteronomy 9:28</a>; and Exodus 32:27). <span class="cmt_word">And deliver us, and purge away our sins;</span> literally, <span class="accented">make atonement for our sins</span> (<a href="/exodus/30-15.htm">Exodus 30:15</a>); <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "cancel them" (Cheyne), or "forgive them" (Hengstenberg, Kay). <span class="cmt_word">For thy Name's sake</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/23-3.htm">Psalm 23:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/25-11.htm">Psalm 25:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/34-3.htm">Psalm 34:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/79-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Help us,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָזְרֵ֤נוּ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·zə·rê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5826.htm">Strong's 5826: </a> </span><span class="str2">To surround, protect, aid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our salvation,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁעֵ֗נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·‘ê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3468.htm">Strong's 3468: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the glory</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּבֽוֹד־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḇō·wḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your name;</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deliver us</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַצִּילֵ֥נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haṣ·ṣî·lê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and atone</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכַפֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵap·pêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3722.htm">Strong's 3722: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our sins,</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֝טֹּאתֵ֗ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the sake</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַ֣עַן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> </span><span class="str2">Purpose -- intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your name.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/79-9.htm">Psalm 79:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/79-9.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 79:9 Help us God of our salvation (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 79:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 79:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/79-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 79:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 79:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>