Psalms 79:8

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.former…: or, the iniquities of them that were before us

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Do not remember for us the iniquities of forefathers, || Hurry, let Your mercies go before us, || For we have been very weak.

YLT

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

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.

DRC78:8

Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE78:8

Remember not our old transgressions; let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are greatly impoverished.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַֽל־תִּזְכָּר־לָנוּ֮ עֲוֺנֹ֪ת רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥ים מַ֭הֵר יְקַדְּמ֣וּנוּ רַחֲמֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י דַלּ֣וֹנוּ מְאֹֽד׃

LXX-Br78:8

Μὴ μνησθῇς ἡμῶν ἀνομιῶν ἀρχαίων, ταχὺ προκαταλαβέτωσαν ἡμᾶς οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου, ὅτι ἐπτωχεύσαμεν σφόδρα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
• Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
• Psalms 116:6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
• Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
• Psalms 21:3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
• Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
• Matthew 23:32–36Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you…
• Exodus 32:34Now 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.”
• Daniel 9:16O 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…
• Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
• Ezekiel 2:3“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.
• Psalms 69:16–17Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion. Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
• 1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
• Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
• Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
• Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

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