Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. New Living Translation Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors! Let your compassion quickly meet our needs, for we are on the brink of despair. English Standard Version Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. Berean Standard Bible Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. King James Bible O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. New King James Version Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low. New American Standard Bible Do not hold us responsible for the guilty deeds of our forefathers; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we have become very low. NASB 1995 Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we are brought very low. NASB 1977 Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Thy compassion come quickly to meet us; For we are brought very low. Legacy Standard Bible Do not remember our former iniquities against us; Let Your compassion quickly approach us, For we are brought very low. Amplified Bible O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers. Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us, For we have been brought very low. Christian Standard Bible Do not hold past iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become weak. 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. Contemporary English Version Don't make us pay for the sins of our ancestors. Have pity and come quickly! We are completely helpless. English Revised Version Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not hold the crimes of our ancestors against us. Reach out to us soon with your compassion, because we are helpless. Good News Translation Do not punish us for the sins of our ancestors. Have mercy on us now; we have lost all hope. International Standard Version Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low. Majority Standard Bible Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. NET Bible Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble! New Heart English Bible Do not hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need. Webster's Bible Translation O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily succor 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDo not remember for us the iniquities of forefathers, "" Hurry, let Your mercies go before us, "" For we have been very weak. 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. Smith's Literal Translation Thou wilt not remember against us former iniquities: thy compassions shall quickly anticipate us, for we were greatly weak: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleRemember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let your compassion move quickly ahead of us, for we have been brought very low. New Revised Standard Version Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleO remember not against us our former sins; let thy tender mercies speedily overtake us; for we are brought very low. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do not remember our former sins against us; let your mercies quickly precede us because we are very humbled. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; Let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; For we are brought very low. Brenton Septuagint Translation Remember not our old transgressions; let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are greatly impoverished. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Deliverance…7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. 8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. 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.… Cross References Exodus 34:6-7 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them. Daniel 9:16 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 people are a reproach to all around us. Jeremiah 14:20-21 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You. / For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it. Isaiah 64:9 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! Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment. 2 Chronicles 30:9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.” Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. Isaiah 43:25 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more. Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. Ezekiel 20:43-44 There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done. / Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.” Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you. Colossians 3:13 Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Treasury of Scripture O remember not against us former iniquities: let your tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. remember Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. Psalm 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Exodus 32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. former iniquities. Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. Ezekiel 2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. Daniel 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. let they Psalm 21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. Psalm 69:16,17 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies… we are Psalm 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Psalm 116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Psalm 142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Jump to Previous Compassion Compassions Desperate Fathers Forefathers Former Haste Hold Iniquities Low Meet Mercies Mind Need Prevent Quickly Remember Sins Speedily Succor TenderJump to Next Compassion Compassions Desperate Fathers Forefathers Former Haste Hold Iniquities Low Meet Mercies Mind Need Prevent Quickly Remember Sins Speedily Succor TenderPsalm 79 1. The psalmist complains of the desolation of Jerusalem8. He prays for deliverance 13. and promises thankfulness Do not hold past iniquities against us This phrase is a plea for divine mercy and forgiveness. The Hebrew word for "iniquities" is "עֲוֹנוֹת" (avonot), which refers to moral perversity or sin. The psalmist acknowledges the weight of past sins and seeks God's grace to not let these transgressions define their present or future. Historically, this reflects Israel's understanding of collective responsibility and the need for communal repentance. The plea is rooted in the belief that God is compassionate and willing to forgive, as seen throughout the Old Testament. let Your compassion come quickly to meet us for we have sunk to despair Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do not holdתִּזְכָּר־ (tiz·kār-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male past רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥ים (ri·šō·nîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank sins against us; עֲוֺנֹ֪ת (‘ă·wō·nōṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity let Your compassion רַחֲמֶ֑יךָ (ra·ḥă·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7356: Compassion, the womb, a maiden come יְקַדְּמ֣וּנוּ (yə·qad·də·mū·nū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common plural Strong's 6923: To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet quickly, מַ֭הֵר (ma·hêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 4118: Hastening, speedy, swift for כִּ֖י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction we are brought דַלּ֣וֹנוּ (ḏal·lō·w·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 1809: To slacken, be feeble, to be oppressed low. מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily Links Psalm 79:8 NIVPsalm 79:8 NLT Psalm 79:8 ESV Psalm 79:8 NASB Psalm 79:8 KJV Psalm 79:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 79:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 79:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 79:8 French Bible Psalm 79:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 79:8 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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