Psalms 79:8
Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us; 1 may your merciful actions come to us, 1 for we are very low. 1
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7For they have devoured Jacob 1 and destroyed his villages. 1
Cross References
Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner who is among you will rise up above you higher and higher; you yourself will come down lower and lower.
Psalms 21:3For you bring him rich blessings; 1 you placed on his head a crown of purest gold. 1
Psalms 69:16Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; 1 because your mercies for me are many, turn to me. 1
Psalms 116:6Yahweh protects the naive; 1 I was brought low, and he saved me. 1
Psalms 142:6Listen to my call, 1 for I have been brought very low; 1 rescue me from my persecutors, 1 for they are stronger than I. 1
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 →