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 don’t acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name, 7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. Do not hold past iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. 9God of our salvation, help us, for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake. 10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations.

Psalms 79:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• O rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• not against us formerרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• let thy tender merciesרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• speedilyמַהֵרmahêr · quickH4118
• preventקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923
• us: for we are broughtדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Psalms 79:8

• Psalms 25:7Do not remember the sins of my youth or my acts of rebellion; in keeping with your faithful love, remember me because of your goodness, Lord.
• Psalms 130:3Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
• Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, my angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.”
• 1 Kings 17:18She said to Elijah, “Man of God, what do you have against me? Have you come to call attention to my iniquity so that my son is put to death?”
• Isaiah 64:9Lord, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. Please look — all of us are your people!
• Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt 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 iniquity; he will punish their sins.
• Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
• Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
• Ezekiel 2:3He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebellious pagans who have rebelled against me. The Israelites and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this day.
• Daniel 9:16Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, may your anger and wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an object of ridicule to all those around us.
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors’ sins!
• Psalms 21:3For you meet him with rich blessings; you place a crown of pure gold on his head.
• Psalms 69:16Answer me, Lord, for your faithful love is good. In keeping with your abundant compassion, turn to me.
• Psalms 106:43He rescued them many times, but they continued to rebel deliberately and were beaten down by their iniquity.
• Psalms 116:6The Lord guards the inexperienced; 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