Parallel Verses

Amplified


O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers.
Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.

New American Standard Bible

Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us,
For we are brought very low.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Do not hold past sins against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.

International Standard Version

Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low.

A Conservative Version

Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.

American Standard Version

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.

Darby Translation

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou wilt not remember against us former iniquities: thy compassions shall quickly anticipate us, for we were greatly weak:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not remember against us former iniquities; let your mercies meet us quickly because we are brought very low.

Modern King James verseion

O do not remember against us our former sins; let Your tender mercies meet us quickly; for we are brought very low.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon; for we are come to great misery.

NET Bible

Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

New Heart English Bible

Do not hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not remember against us former iniquities, - Haste thee, let thy compassions, come to meet us, For we have been brought very low!

Webster

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

World English Bible

Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Youngs Literal Translation

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Faith Amid Confusion

7
For they have devoured Jacob
And made his pasture desolate.
8 
O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers.
Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.
9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;
Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake.


Cross References

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.

Isaiah 64:9


Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord,
Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever.
Now look, consider, for we are all Your people.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

Psalm 21:3


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

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).”

Exodus 32:34

But now go, lead the people [to the place] where I have told you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you; nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin!”

1 Kings 17:18

So she said to Elijah, “What [problem] is there between you and me, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to mind and to put my son to death?”

Psalm 25:7


Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Psalm 69:16-17


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

Psalm 106:43


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

Psalm 130:3


If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?

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.

Hosea 8:13


As for My sacrificial offerings,
They sacrifice the meat [as a mere formality] and eat it,
But the Lord is not pleased with them and does not accept them.
Now He will remember and take into account their wickedness and guilt,
And punish them for their sins.
They will return [in captivity] to [another] Egypt [that is, Assyria].

Hosea 9:9


They have deeply corrupted (perverted) themselves
As in the days of Gibeah.
The Lord will remember their wickedness and guilt;
He will punish their sins.

Matthew 23:32-36

Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers’ sins.

Revelation 18:5

for her sins (crimes, transgressions) have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wickedness and crimes [for judgment].

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