Psalms 79:8

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“Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.”

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BSBPD

“Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 79:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
  2. Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
  3. Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
  4. 1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
  5. Psalms 21:3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
  6. Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
  7. Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
  8. Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
  9. Psalms 116:6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
  10. Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
  11. Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
  12. Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
  13. Ezekiel 2:3“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
  14. Daniel 9:16O 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.
  15. Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
  16. Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
  17. Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
  18. Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

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