Psalm 79:8 Parallel Translations

Do not hold the crimes of our ancestors against us. Reach out to us soon with your compassion, because we are helpless.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

JPS:

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Psalm 79:8 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 28:43 "The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.

Psalm 21:3 For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

Psalm 106:6 We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Psalm 116:6 The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.

Psalm 142:6 "Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

Isaiah 26:5 "For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

Isaiah 64:9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

79:8 O remember not against us {f} former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
(f) Which we and our fathers have committed.

WES:

79:8 Prevent - Prevent our utter extirpation.

MHC:

79:6-13 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 merit, they pretend to none, but, Help us for the glory of thy name; pardon us for thy name's sake. The Christian forgets not that he is often bound in the chain of his sins. The world to him is a prison; sentence of death is passed upon him, and he knows not how soon it may be executed. How fervently should he at all times pray, O let the sighing of a prisoner come before thee, according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die! How glorious will the day be, when, triumphant over sin and sorrow, the church beholds the adversary disarmed for ever! while that church shall, from age to age, sing the praises of her great Shepherd and Bishop, her King and her God.

CONC:

Compassion Compassions Desperate Fathers Forefathers Former Haste Hold Iniquities Low Meet Mercies Mercy Mind O Prevent Quickly Remember Sins Speedily Succor Tender Weak

Compassion Compassions Desperate Fathers Forefathers Former Haste Hold Iniquities Low Meet Mercies Mind Need Prevent Quickly Remember Sins Speedily Succor Tender

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