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Psalms 109:15
15Let their sins be before Adonai continually, that He may cut off the 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 his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation. 14May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before Adonai, the sin of his mother never blotted out. Let their sins be before Adonai continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16For he never remembered to show mercy. But he persecuted a poor and needy man, crushed in spirit, to put him to death. 17How he loved cursing—may it fall on him! He had no pleasure in blessing— may 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 51:9Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Deuteronomy 32:34Is it not stored up with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?
- Jeremiah 2:22Even though you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your iniquity is before Me.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai.
- Hosea 7:2But they never admit in their heart that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them. They are right before My face.
- Amos 8:7Adonai swore by the Pride of Jacob: “Never will I forget all their deeds!
- Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
- Psalms 34:16The eyes of Adonai are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their cry.
- Job 18:17His memory perishes from the earth and he has no name in the land.
- Isaiah 65:15You will leave your name behind as a curse for My chosen ones, and Adonai Elohim will slay you. But He will call His 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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