Psalms 79:8

Psalms chapter 79 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

v.8This passage

v.9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 64:9
Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
1 Kings 17:18
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!
Deuteronomy 28:43
The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
Hosea 8:13
As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Matthew 23:32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Psalms 116:6
Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.