Psalms 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Psalms 79:8 in other translations
| BSB | Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. |
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| WEB | Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need. |
| ASV | Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low. |
| YLT | Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak. |
| DARBY | Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low. |
| BBE | Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low. |
| Webster | O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily succor us: for we are brought very low. |
What does Psalms 79:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 79:6-13
Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his…
Psalms 79:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 79:8
- Isaiah 64:9
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
- Psalms 142:6
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
- Psalms 116:6
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
- Revelation 18:5
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
- Psalms 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Matthew 23:32-36
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. …
- Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
- Ezekiel 2:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
- Psalms 130:3
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
- Exodus 32:34
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
- Psalms 69:16-17
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
- Psalms 106:43
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25:7; 130:3; Ex 32:34; 1Ki 17:18; Isa 64:9; Ho 8:13; 9:9; Re 18:5
former iniquities. or, the iniquities of them that werebefore us.
Ge 15:16; Eze 2:3; Da 9:16; Mt 23:32-36
let thy.
21:3; 69:16,17
we are.
106:43; 116:6; 142:6; De 28:43
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Context
- Psalms 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
- Psalms 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
- Psalms 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
Psalms 79:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No recuerdes contra nosotros las iniquidades antiguas: anticípennos presto tus misericordias, porque estamos muy abatidos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ne te souviens pas contre nous des iniquités anciennes; que tes compassions viennent en hâte au-devant de nous, car nous sommes devenus fort misérables. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gedenke uns nicht die Ungerechtigkeiten der Vorfahren; laß eilends uns entgegenkommen deine Erbarmungen! denn sehr gering sind wir geworden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deus virtutum, converte nos, et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus. |