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 anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you! 7For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home. Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble! 9Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! 10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged 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 hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
• Psalms 130:3If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
• Exodus 32:34So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin.”
• 1 Kings 17:18She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”
• Isaiah 64:9Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!
• Hosea 8:13They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:9They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.
• Revelation 18:5because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.
• Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
• Ezekiel 2:3He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.
• Daniel 9:16O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.
• Matthew 23:32Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
• Psalms 21:3For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.
• Psalms 69:16Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!
• Psalms 106:43Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.
• Psalms 116:6The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered 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