Psalms 79:9
For we are brought very low! Help us, O God of our salvation! for the honor of thy name; F or thy name's sake save us, and forgive our iniquities!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8O remember not against us former iniquities; Let thy tender mercy speedily succor us,
Cross References
Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity; for it is great!
Psalms 65:3My iniquities are heavy upon me; But thou wilt forgive our transgressions!
Isaiah 43:25I, I myself, blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, And will not remember thy sins.
Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, Yet do thou, O Jehovah, act from a regard to thine own name. For our transgressions have been many; We have sinned against thee.
Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for my name's sake, that it might not be polluted in the sight of the nations, in the midst of whom they were; and before their eyes I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
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 →