Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 109:15
15Let their sins always remain before the Lord, and let him remove all memory of them from the earth.
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
13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out. Let their sins always remain before the Lord, and let him remove all memory of them from the earth. 16For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. 17He loved cursing — let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:15 word by word
יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 109:15
- Psalms 51:9Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt.
- Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- Deuteronomy 32:34“Is it not stored up with me, sealed up in my vaults?
- Jeremiah 2:22Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of bleach, the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me. This is the Lord God’s declaration.
- Hosea 7:2But they never consider that I remember all their evil. Now their actions are all around them; they are right in front of my face.
- Amos 8:7The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds.
- Psalms 109:13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
- Psalms 34:16The face of the Lord is set against those who do what is evil, to remove all memory of them from the earth.
- Job 18:17All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere.
- Isaiah 65:15You will leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord God will kill you; but he will give his servants 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
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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
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