Parallel Verses
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 American Standard Bible
Let Your compassion come quickly to
For we are
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 79:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith Amid Confusion
7 For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home. 8 Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble! 9 Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!
Cross References
Psalm 116:6
The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.
Psalm 142:6
Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.
Isaiah 64:9
Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!
Deuteronomy 28:43
The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.
Psalm 21:3
For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.
Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."
Exodus 32:34
So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin."
1 Kings 17:18
She asked Elijah, "Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?"
Psalm 25:7
Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
Psalm 69:16-17
Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!
Psalm 106:43
Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.
Psalm 130:3
If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
Ezekiel 2:3
He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.
Hosea 8:13
They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.
Matthew 23:32-36
Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
Revelation 18:5
because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.