Psalms 109:15
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psalms 109:15 in other translations
| BSB | May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. |
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| WEB | Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth; |
| ASV | Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; |
| YLT | They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. |
| DARBY | Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth: |
| BBE | Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth. |
| Webster | Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. |
What does Psalms 109:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 109:14-15
14-15. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered, &c.--Added to the terrible overthrow following his own sin, let there be the imputation of his parents' guilt, that it may now come before God, for His meting out its full consequences, in cutting off the memory of them (that is, the parents) from the earth (Psa 34:16).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 109:6-20
The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that…
Psalms 109:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 109:15
- Psalms 34:16
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
- Job 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
- Psalms 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- Psalms 51:9
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
- Isaiah 65:15
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
- Jeremiah 2:22
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
- Amos 8:7
The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Deuteronomy 32:34
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
- Hosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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Context
- Psalms 109:14
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
- Psalms 109:15
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
- Psalms 109:16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalms 109:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estén siempre delante de Jehová, y él corte de la tierra su memoria. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qu’ils soient continuellement devant l’ Éternel, et qu’il retranche leur mémoire de la terre; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie seien beständig vor Jehova, und er rotte ihr Gedächtnis aus von der Erde! |