Psalms 109:15

Psalms 109:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)May their sins always remain before the Lord, that he may blot out their name from the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let them be continually before the Lord, That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

Context of Psalms 109:15

13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. 14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. 16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death. 17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

Psalms 109:15 word by word

יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• May their sins alwaysתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• remainהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• beforeנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• that He may cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• their memoryזֵ֫כֶרzêker zeker · memorialH2143
• from the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Psalms 109:15

• Psalms 51:9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
• Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
• Deuteronomy 32:34“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
• Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
• Hosea 7:2But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
• Amos 8:7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
• Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
• Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
• Job 18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
• Isaiah 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

Commentaries on Psalms 109:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Let them be before the Lord continually - Let their sins never pass from the mind of God. Let him never so forget them as not to inflict punishment for them. That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth - That they may be wholly forgotten among people. Let their very name perish; and let the offender in this case be in the condition of those who have no ancestors to whom they can refer with pride and pleasure. The idea here is drawn from the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-20Verses 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 mischievous, destructive thing. And…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-19The NLT translates these verses as the words of the psalmist’s accusers; Hebrew lacks They say, which makes it unclear who is speaking.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 109:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Prayer
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• Memorial; Memory
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 109

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings