Psalms 79:9

King James Version

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.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
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!

Geneva Bible (1587)
Helpe vs, O God of our saluation, for the glorie of thy Name, and deliuer vs, and be mercifull vnto our sinnes for thy Names sake.

Christian Standard Bible®
God of our salvation, help us—for the glory of your name.Rescue us and atone for our sins,for your name’s sake.

Hebrew Names Version
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

Easy-to-Read Version
Our God and Savior, help us! That will bring glory to your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the good of your name.

Amplified Bible
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name's sake.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Our God, you keep us safe. Now help us! Rescue us. Forgive our sins and bring honor to yourself.

Complete Jewish Bible
Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name. Deliver us, forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name;

King James Version (1611)
Helpe vs, O God of our saluation, for the glory of thy Name: and deliuer vs, and purge away our sinnes for thy Names sake.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Lexham English Bible
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; and deliver us and forgive our sins for the sake of your name.

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

New Century Version
God our Savior, help us so people will praise you. Save us and forgive our sins so people will honor you.

New English Translation
Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!

New King James Version
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!

New Living Translation
Help us, O God of our salvation! Help us for the glory of your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.

New Life Bible
O God Who saves us, help us for the honor of Your name. Take us out of trouble and forgive our sins, for the honor of Your name.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Help us, O God of our salvation, on account of the glory of thy Name, - Rescue us then, and put a propitiatory-covering over our sins, For the sake of thy Name.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(78-9) 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:

George Lamsa Translation
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us and purge away our sins, for thy names sake.

Good News Translation
Help us, O God, and save us; rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of your own honor.

New American Standard Bible
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Helpe vs O Lord of our saluation for the glory of thy name: deliuer vs, and be mercyfull vnto our sinnes for thy names sake.

New Revised Standard
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

Darby Translation
Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God, oure heelthe, helpe thou vs, and, Lord, for the glorie of thi name delyuer thou vs; and be thou merciful to oure synnes for thi name.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

World English Bible
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

Revised Standard Version
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake!

Update Bible Version
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Bible in Basic English
Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Helpe vs (O God or Sauyor) for ye glory of yi name: o delyuer vs, & forgeue vs or synnes for yi names sake.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name's sake.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Contextual Overview

⁶ Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. ⁷ For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. ⁸ O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. ⁹ 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. ¹⁰ Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. ¹¹ Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; ¹² And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. ¹³ So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for the: Psalms 115:1, 2 Chronicles 14:11, Malachi 2:2, Ephesians 1:6

purge: Psalms 25:11, Psalms 65:3, Daniel 9:9, Daniel 9:19

for thy: Joshua 7:9, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 48:9, Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 14:21, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:12 - should 1 Chronicles 16:35 - Save us Psalms 6:4 - for Psalms 18:46 - the God Psalms 23:3 - for his Psalms 25:5 - God Psalms 31:3 - for thy Psalms 60:1 - O turn Psalms 74:22 - Arise Psalms 85:2 - forgiven Psalms 88:1 - Lord Psalms 109:21 - But do Isaiah 17:10 - the God Jeremiah 30:17 - they Ezekiel 20:22 - wrought Ezekiel 20:44 - when I John 17:11 - thine

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name,.... Help us out of the troubles in which we are; enable us to bear them with patience, and without murmuring, while it is thy pleasure to continue them; assist us against our powerful enemies, and strengthen us to do our duty; afford us more grace, and fresh supplies of it in our time of need: the arguments enforcing these petitions are, because God is "the God of salvation", to whom it belongs, of whom it is, and of him only to be expected; he is the sole author and giver of it; and because to help and save is for the glory of his name, which is great in the salvation of his people:

and deliver us; out of the hands of all our enemies, and out of all our afflictions, and out of this low estate in which we are:

and purge away our sins for thy name's sake; which were the cause of all calamities and distress, and which can only be purged away by the blood and sacrifice of Christ, Hebrews 1:3, the word signifies to "expiate" i sin, or atone for it; which was the work and business of Christ our High Priest, who has made reconciliation for sin, finished, made an end of it, and put it away by the oblation of himself, for the sake of which God is propitious; and so the words may be rendered, "be propitious to our sins" k: or merciful to our unrighteousnesses, for the sake of Christ the great propitiation; or through the propitiatory sacrifice to be offered up by him; or, in other words, "cover our sins" l; which is also the sense of the phrase, that they may be seen no more; pardon and forgive them for Christ's sake; see Psalms 32:1.

i כפר "expiationem fac", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis. k "Propitiare", Pagninus, Montanus "propitius esto", V. L. Musculus; so Tigurine version. l כפר metaph. "texit", Amama.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Help us, O God of our salvation - On whom our salvation depends; who alone can save us.

For the glory of thy name - That thy name may be honored. We are thy professed people; we have been redeemed by thee; and thine honor will be affected by the question whether we are saved or destroyed, It is the highest and purest ground for prayer, that the glory or honor of God may be promoted. See the notes at Matthew 6:9, notes at Matthew 6:13; notes at John 12:28; notes at Daniel 9:19.

And deliver us - From our enemies.

And purge away our sins - Forgive our sins, or cleanse us from them. The original word is that which is commonly used to denote an atonement. Compare in the Hebrew, Daniel 9:24,; Ezekiel 45:20; Exodus 30:15; Exodus 32:30; Leviticus 4:20; 5:26; Leviticus 16:6, Leviticus 16:11, Leviticus 16:24.

For thy name’s sake - See the notes at Daniel 9:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 79:9. Purge away our sins — כפר capper, be propitiated, or receive an atonement (על חטאתינו al chattotheynu) on account of our sins.