“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.”
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness. The psalm opens with a disavowal: the speaker redirects glory away from Israel ('not to us') toward God's name, motivated by God's faithfulness and love. The doubled negation emphasizes the point. This verse establishes that true piety recognizes God's transcendence and avoids false human glory-seeking.
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