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Psalms 109:15

Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

KJV

Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

ASV

יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְ/יַכְרֵ֖ת מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽ/ם

Hebrew

They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

YLT

Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
זֵ֣כֶר
zkr
noun · 23×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Job 18:17 — His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
  • Prov 10:7 — The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
  • Ps 34:16 — The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
  • Ps 51:9 — Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
  • Ps 90:8 — Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.