Isaiah 48:9

Isaiah 48:9. For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

"I cannot spare thee for thine own sake; but I will spare thee for my name’s sake. I cannot spare thee because of anything good in thee; but I will spare thee because of good in myself." If God can glorify himself by your salvation, he finds a blessed motive for saving you, and, since there is no desert in you, he will fall back upon his own glory, and save you for his own name’s sake.