Compare the wording of this verse with Dan 9.17.
Hear, O Lord, our prayer and our supplication: Both the ideas of prayer and supplication are contained without redundancy in the Good News Translation rendering “our prayer of petition.” These ideas could also be expressed as a verb by rendering the clause here as follows: “Lord, listen to [or, grant] what we are asking for.”
For thy own sake deliver us: Good News Translation “rescue us for the sake of your own honor” or Contemporary English Version “rescue us, so that you will bring honor to your name” makes this expression clear. Good News Translation renders for thy own sake in Dan 9.17 as “so that everyone will know that you are God.” That probably reads too much into the phrase, and is ruled out here anyway, since it is substantially what verse 15 says in so many words. The prayer here in Baruch sets before God the idea that he is dishonored when his people are dishonored, and by defending their cause God is defending himself. This is not pressing God into a corner, forcing him to grant their request, since the request follows on from heartfelt confession and statements of repentance.
Grant us favor in the sight of those who have carried us into exile: “Let those who have taken us into exile be pleased with us” (Good News Translation) or “Let those who led us away as captives have pity on us” (Contemporary English Version) may suggest a misleading attitude. The exiles are not like dogs trying to please their master. It is not exactly their goal in life to be pitied or to make the Babylonians happy. What they mean is “Let us be on the good side of those who have taken us into exile,” “Let those who have taken us into exile treat us well.” Picture people taken hostage and held prisoner. They really want their freedom, of course, but failing that, they can at least hope to be treated decently by their captors.
Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Shorter Books of the Deuterocanon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2006. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.