²¹ But I had pity for my holy name which the children of Israel had made unclean wherever they went.

¹⁸ Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

⁹ Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

⁹ And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.

²⁶ I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:

²⁷ But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

³⁵ For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

¹⁴ And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.

²² And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.