Psalms 79:9
Psalms 79:99Help 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.
Used for the theme of Jehovah acting for the sake of his own name — the sanctification of the divine name being, in Watchtower teaching, the resolution of the great issue raised in Eden. Forgiveness is granted because Jehovah's reputation is at stake.
Both halves of the verse hang on the same thing. Help us for the sake of your glorious name; rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of your name. Salvation and forgiveness, and the ground of each is the name. That is the first half of a pattern worth building slowly. asks pardon for the sake of the name. asks for salvation by the name. promises that everyone calling on the name of Jehovah will be saved. says besides me there is no saviour. The second half is what the apostles do with all of it. quotes Joel's promise and Peter applies it in a sermon about Jesus. quotes the same line and applies it to Christ, having just said in verse 9 that confessing Jesus as Lord is how one is saved. The apostles took the Old Testament's exclusive saving formula and attached it to Jesus. Either that was blasphemy, or the two names belong to one God. Compare , , .