 need to impress anyone. He doesn't need to keep his reputation unsullied. We need to keep his reputation unsullied. We should be ashamed of ourselves. But God needn't be ashamed because no one is the judge of God. Even if I think I'm the judge of God, I'm not the judge of God. So it would make no sense for God to be ashamed. And the Holy Spirit is grieved, the text says, but never ashamed.