Psalms 79:8
Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.
Darby Translation
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 hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Deuteronomy 28:43The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.
Psalms 21:3For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;
Psalms 116:6Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
Psalms 142:6Attend unto 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 →