Psalms 99:8
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
KJV
Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.
ASV
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵי/נוּ֮ אַתָּ֪ה עֲנִ֫יתָ֥/ם אֵ֣ל נֹ֭שֵׂא הָיִ֣יתָ לָ/הֶ֑ם וְ֝/נֹקֵ֗ם עַל עֲלִילוֹתָֽ/ם
Hebrew
O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.
YLT
You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 7:29 — Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Jer 46:28 — Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct the
- Num 20:12 — And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have giv
- Ps 89:33 — Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.