לְמַ֤עַן שְׁמִי֙ אַאֲרִ֣יךְ אַפִּ֔י וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י אֶחֱטָם־לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃
Alang-alang sa Aking pangalan ay pinahahaba Ko ang Aking pagtitimpi, at alang-alang sa Aking kapurihan ay pinipigilan Ko ang Aking galit para sa iyo, upang hindi kita lipulin.
Rashi
I defer My anger Heb. (אַאֲרִיךְ אַפִּי). Despite the future form, it is an expression of the present.
Ibn Ezra
For My name’s sake, Israel is called the people of the Lord.
Rashi
and My praise is that I restrain My wrath Heb. אֶחֱטָם. And this is My praise, that I restrain My wrath for you. אֶחֱטָם is an expression of חֹטֶם, a nose. I will close My nose not to allow the smoke of My nostrils to go out and not to be angry with you, for, when one is angry, smoke comes out of his nostrils, as Scripture states (Ps. 18:9): “Smoke rose in His nose.” Likewise, every expression of ‘kindling of anger’ (חֲרוֹן אַף) is an expression of the heating of the nose, (Job. 42:7) “My anger was kindled (חָרָה אַפִּי).” Comp. also (ibid. 30:30) “And my bones were burnt (חָרָה) from heat.” My nose was heated (נִחַר) from much heat.”