Psalms 79:8
Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
Cross References
Genesis 15:16And in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
Deuteronomy 28:43The sojourner who is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher, and thou shall come down lower and lower.
Psalms 21:3For thou meet him with the blessings of goodness. Thou set a crown of fine gold on his head.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for thy loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou to me,
Psalms 116:6LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
Psalms 142:6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:7-13
Petitions for Succor and Relief; Petitions for Deliverance. 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the… Read the whole commentary →