Psalms 79:8

Psalms 79:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low.

Context of Psalms 79:8

6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name, 7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name. 10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

Psalms 79:8 word by word

אַֽל־תִּזְכָּר־לָנוּ֮ עֲוֹנֹ֪ת רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥ים מַ֭הֵר יְקַדְּמ֣וּנוּ רַחֲמֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י דַלּ֣וֹנוּ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• Do not holdזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• Do not holdאַל'al · notH408
• pastרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• sinsעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• let Your compassionרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• comeקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923
• quicklyמַהֵרmahêr · quickH4118
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• we are broughtדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• lowמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Psalms 79:8

• Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
• Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
• Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
• 1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
• Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
• Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
• Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
• Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
• Ezekiel 2:3“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
• Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
• Psalms 21:3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
• Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
• Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
• Psalms 116:6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

Commentaries on Psalms 79:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Remember not against us former iniquities - Visit us not for the sins of our forefathers. Speedily prevent us - Let them go before us, and turn us out of the path of destruction; for there is no help for us but in thee. We are brought very low - Literally, "We are greatly thinned." Few of us remain.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8O remember not against us forrmer iniquities - Margin, The iniquities of them that were before us. The Hebrew may mean either former times, or former generations. The allusion, however, is substantially the same. It is not their own iniquities which are particularly referred to, but the iniquity of the nation as committed in former times; and the prayer is, that God would not visit them with the results of the sins of former generations, though their own…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 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 tender mercies. They plead no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The people’s many sins in the past helped lead to the exile (2 Kings 17:7–23; 24:3–4). However, each person also suffered because of his or her own sin (Jeremiah 31:30; Ezekiel 18:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. former iniquities--literally, "iniquities of former times." prevent us--literally, "meet us," as in Psa 21:3.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 79:8

• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Psalms 79

• 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