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 upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name. 7For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his settlement. Do not hold us responsible for the guilty deeds of our forefathers; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we have become very low. 9Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And save us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name. 10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

Psalms 79:8 word by word

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

• holdזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the guiltyעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• forefathersרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• Let Your compassionרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• comeקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923
• quicklyמַהֵרmahêr · quicklyH4118
• becomeדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Psalms 79:8

• Psalms 25:7Do not remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoings; Remember me according to Your faithfulness, For Your goodness’ sake, Lord.
• Psalms 130:3If You, Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds, Lord, who could stand?
• Exodus 32:34But go now, lead the people where I told you. Behold, My angel shall go before you; nevertheless on the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
• 1 Kings 17:18So she said to Elijah, “Why is my business any of yours, you man of God? Yet you have come to me to bring my wrongdoing to remembrance, and to put my son to death!”
• Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord, Nor remember wrongdoing forever. Behold, please look, all of us are Your people.
• Hosea 8:13As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the Lord has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their guilt, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:9They are deeply depraved As in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt, He will punish their sins.
• Revelation 18:5for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her offenses.
• Genesis 15:16Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
• Ezekiel 2:3Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have revolted against Me to this very day.
• Daniel 9:16Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the wrongdoings of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of taunting to all those around us.
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
• Psalms 21:3For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
• Psalms 69:16Answer me, Lord, for Your mercy is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
• Psalms 106:43Many times He would rescue them; They, however, were rebellious in their plan, And they sank down into their guilt.
• Psalms 116:6The Lord watches over the simple; I was brought low, 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

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• 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