Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Former iniquities

Genesis 15:16
Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”
Ezekiel 2:3
And He said to me, “I am sending you, son of man, to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people [in both the north and the south] that have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have sinned and revolted against Me to this very day.
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous and just acts, please let Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the wickedness of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn and a contemptuous byword to all who are around us.
Matthew 23:32
Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers’ sins.

Let thy

Psalm 21:3

For You meet him with blessings of good things;
You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalm 69:16

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.

We are

Psalm 106:43

Many times He rescued them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And sank down in their wickedness.
Psalm 116:6

The Lord protects the simple (childlike);
I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.
Psalm 142:6

“Give attention to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Rescue me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
Deuteronomy 28:43
The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

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Psalm 102:14

For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins]
And feel pity for her dust.