Psalm 79:8 “Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, fo…”

Psalm 79:8

Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

World English Bible

Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

American Standard Version

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.

Geneva Bible 1599

Remember not against vs the former iniquities, but make haste and let thy tender mercies preuent vs: for we are in great miserie.

Darby Translation

Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

Young's Literal Translation

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

Bible in Basic English

Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

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Cross references

“remember”

Isaiah 64:9 Revelation 18:5 Hosea 9:9 Psalm 25:7 Psalm 130:3 Exodus 32:34

Isaiah 64:9 · BSB

Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!

Revelation 18:5 · BSB

For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Hosea 9:9 · BSB

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

Psalm 25:7 · BSB

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

Psalm 130:3 · BSB

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

Exodus 32:34 · BSB

Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”

“former iniquities”

Matthew 23:32–36 Genesis 15:16 Ezekiel 2:3 Daniel 9:16

Matthew 23:32–36 · BSB

Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

Genesis 15:16 · BSB

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Ezekiel 2:3 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

Daniel 9:16 · BSB

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your…

“let thy”

Psalm 21:3 Psalm 69:16 Psalm 69:17

Psalm 21:3 · BSB

For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

Psalm 69:16 · BSB

Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

Psalm 69:17 · BSB

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

“we are”

Psalm 116:6 Psalm 142:6 Psalm 106:43 Deuteronomy 28:43

Psalm 116:6 · BSB

The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

Psalm 142:6 · BSB

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Psalm 106:43 · BSB

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Deuteronomy 28:43 · BSB

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

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