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Psalms 109:15
15May the Lord always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory.
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
13May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation. 14May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record. May the Lord always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory. 16For he refused all kindness to others; he persecuted the poor and needy, and he hounded the brokenhearted to death. 17He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don’t you bless him.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:15 word by word
יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 109:15
- Psalms 51:9Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.
- Psalms 90:8You spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all.
- Deuteronomy 32:34“The Lord says, ‘Am I not storing up these things, sealing them away in my treasury?
- Jeremiah 2:22No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I still see the stain of your guilt. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
- Hosea 7:2Its people don’t realize that I am watching them. Their sinful deeds are all around them, and I see them all.
- Amos 8:7Now the Lord has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel: “I will never forget the wicked things you have done!
- Psalms 109:13May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.
- Psalms 34:16But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.
- Job 18:17All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.
- Isaiah 65:15Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign Lord will destroy you and will call his true servants by 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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