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Psalm 106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
6We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
7Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
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“Nevertheless” marks the turn from Israel’s rebellion at the Red Sea to God’s rescue, making his name and power the center of the account.
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Joshua 4:24that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear the LORD your God forever.’”Both passages describe God’s purpose that his might should be known, with Joshua naming all the peoples of the earth.
Ezekiel 36:22“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among …Both passages make God’s name the reason for his action toward Israel, whose rebellion or profaning of that name is acknowledged.
Exodus 9:16but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth,Both passages link God’s action with making his power known and drawing attention to his name.
1 John 2:12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.The shared phrase “for his name’s sake” explains Israel’s rescue in the psalm and the forgiveness announced in John’s letter.
1 Samuel 12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.God saves his people in the psalm and promises not to forsake them in Samuel, acting for his name’s sake.
Ezekiel 20:9But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them …Both recount God’s rescue of Israel from Egypt as action for his name’s sake that makes him known.
Ezekiel 20:14But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.Both describe God acting for his name’s sake in bringing Israel out, with Ezekiel naming the nations who witnessed it.
Exodus 14:30Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.Both recount Israel’s rescue at the Red Sea, with Exodus naming the Egyptians as the enemy from whose hand God saved them.
Psalm 59:16But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my …Both associate God’s strength with rescue, though Psalm 59 speaks of personal refuge and Psalm 106 recounts Israel’s deliverance.
Ezekiel 20:44You will know that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you …Both describe God acting for his name’s sake toward a sinful Israel so that he may be known.
Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.Jeremiah appeals to God’s name in asking him not to reject his people; the psalm names that same reason for rescue.
Romans 9:17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed …Both identify the making known of God’s power and name as his purpose in the events surrounding Israel’s rescue from Egypt.
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Israel’s rebellion remains part of the story, even as rescue comes. There is hope here for those confessing failure: God saved a rebellious people for his name’s sake.
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