Psalms 106 · Verse 8

Psalms 106:8

Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Psalms 106:8, King James Version

Psalms 106:8 in other translations

BSBYet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
WEBNevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
ASVNevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.
YLTAnd He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,
DARBYYet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.
BBEBut he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.
WebsterNevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

What does Psalms 106:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:7-12

7-12. Special confession. Their rebellion at the sea (Ex 14:11) was because they had not remembered nor understood God's miracles on their behalf. That God saved them in their unbelief was of His mere mercy, and for His own glory. the sea ... the Red Sea--the very words in which Moses' song celebrated the scene of Israel's deliverance (Ex 15:4). Israel began to rebel against God at the very moment and scene of its…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 He saved them for his name's sake - למען שמו lemaan shemo, "on account of his name;" to manifest his own power, goodness, and perfections. There was nothing which he could draw from them as a reason why he should save them; therefore he drew the reason from himself. There is a singular gloss in the old Psalter on this verse: "Whan thai cam oute of Egypt to the rede Se, whare thai were closed on a syde with a hylle that na man mygt passe: on another side was the rede See: behynde tham was men of Egypt foluand; and for this thai began to gruch, forgetand Gods mygt: bot than he safed tham, depertand the Se in twelfe, to ilk kynde of Isrel a passage." It seems as if this author thought there were twelve passages made through the Red Sea, that each tribe should have a passage to itself.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…

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Psalms 106:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽ֭יּוֹשִׁיעֵםVai.yo.shi.'emand he saved themH3467
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anfor [the] sake ofH4616
שְׁמ֑וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
לְ֝הוֹדִ֗יעַle.ho.Di.a'to make knownH3045
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
גְּבוּרָתֽוֹ\׃ge.vu.ra.Tomight hisH1369

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 106:8

  • Exodus 9:16

    And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

  • Ezekiel 20:9

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 20:14

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

  • Ezekiel 20:44

    And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 20:22

    Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

  • Romans 9:17

    For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

  • Jeremiah 14:21

    Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

  • Daniel 9:17-19

    Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

  • Joshua 7:9

    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

  • Deuteronomy 32:26-27

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

  • Exodus 15:6

    Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

  • Numbers 14:13-16

    And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he saved.
143:11; Nu 14:13-16; De 32:26,27; Jos 7:9; Jer 14:7,21
Eze 20:9,14,22,44; Da 9:17-19
that he.
111:6; Ex 9:16; 15:6; Ro 9:17

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Context

  • Psalms 106:7

    Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

  • Psalms 106:8

    Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

  • Psalms 106:9

    He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

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Psalms 106:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Salvólos empero por amor de su nombre, para hacer notoria su fortaleza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Cependant il les sauva à cause de son nom, afin de donner à connaître sa puissance.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber er rettete sie um seines Namens willen, um kundzutun seine Macht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Confiteantur Domino misericordiæ ejus, et mirabilia ejus filiis hominum.