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Psalms 79:8

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

KJV

Deus virtutum, converte nos, et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.

Vulgate

Κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ σωθησόμεθα. διάψαλμα.

LXX

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

ASV

אַֽל תִּזְכָּר לָ/נוּ֮ עֲוֺנֹ֪ת רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥ים מַ֭הֵר יְקַדְּמ֣וּ/נוּ רַחֲמֶ֑י/ךָ כִּ֖י דַלּ֣וֹנוּ מְאֹֽד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
יִדַּ֖ל
ydl
verb · 9×
ךָ
k
noun · 45×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 230×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מַהֵ֔ר
mhr
verb · 18×
נִי
ny
verb · 26×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:18 — And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
  • Dan 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
  • Deut 28:43 — The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
  • Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
  • Exod 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.
  • Ezek 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 d
  • Gen 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Hos 8:13 — They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
  • Hos 9:9 — They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
  • Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Isa 64:9 — Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
  • Jer 44:21 — The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and
  • Matt 23:32 — Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
  • Ps 21:3 — For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 59:10 — The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
  • Ps 69:16 — Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
  • Ps 85:2 — Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
  • Ps 106:43 — Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
  • Ps 116:6 — The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
  • Ps 116:6 — The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
  • Ps 119:124 — Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
  • Ps 130:3 — If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
  • Ps 137:7 — Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
  • Ps 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  • Ps 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  • Rev 18:5 — For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.