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.

Bible References

Former iniquities

Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
Ezekiel 2:3
And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, because of your righteousness, let your wrath and your passion be turned away from your town Jerusalem, your holy mountain: because, through our sins and the evil-doing of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a cause of shame to all who are round about us.
Matthew 23:32
Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.

Let thy

Psalm 21:3
For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
Psalm 69:16
Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

We are

Psalm 106:43
Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.
Psalm 116:6
The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour.
Psalm 142:6
Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.
Deuteronomy 28:43
The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain