Psalm 106:8
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New International Version (©2011)
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Even so, he saved them--to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Yet He saved them because of His name, to make His power known.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known.

NET Bible (©2006)
Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
He saved them because of his Name to show his manliness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He saved them because of his reputation so that he could make his mighty power known.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

American King James Version
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

American Standard Version
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

Darby Bible Translation
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.

English Revised Version
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

World English Bible
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

Young's Literal Translation
And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

106:6-12 Here begins a confession of sin; for we must acknowledge that the Lord has done right, and we have done wickedly. We are encouraged to hope that though justly corrected, yet we shall not be utterly forsaken. God's afflicted people own themselves guilty before him. God is distrusted because his favours are not remembered. If he did not save us for his own name's sake, and to the praise of his power and grace, we should all perish.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. - Nevertheless he saved them for his Name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. (On this motive for the mighty works done in Egypt, see Exodus 7:5; Exodus 14:4, 18; Exodus 15:11-16.)

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake,.... Not for any worth or worthiness in them; not for their righteousness sake, for they were a rebellious and disobedient people; but for his name's sake, because his name was called upon them, and he was called the God of the Hebrews, as Aben Ezra observes; and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, their ancestors; to whom he had promised the land of Canaan, and was their covenant God; and because of his covenant, and of his divine perfections, and the glory of them, which were engaged to make it good; therefore he saved them, see Ezekiel 20:9. And so the spiritual Israel of God are saved, not for any superior excellencies in them, for they are in no wise better than others; nor for their righteousness sake; but to display the wisdom and faithfulness of God, his grace and mercy, his justice and holiness, power, goodness, and truth. And so here it follows;

that he might make his mighty power to be known; not only among the Israelites, but among the nations of the world; who, had he not saved them, might have thought, and said, that it was for want of power, and that he could not do it; see Deuteronomy 9:28.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

8. for his name's sake—(Eze 20:14).

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Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is Good
…7Our fathers understood not your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of your mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. …

Exodus 9:16 But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
Exodus 14:11 They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
Exodus 14:30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
Joshua 4:24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God."
1 Samuel 12:22 For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.
Psalm 77:14 You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
Psalm 109:21 But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name's sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
Isaiah 48:11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.
Ezekiel 20:9 But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.