Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.
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.
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.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 79:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith Amid Confusion
7 For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate. 8 Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.
Cross References
Psalm 116:6
A preserver of the simple is Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation.
Psalm 142:6
Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.
Isaiah 64:9
Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people are we all.
Deuteronomy 28:43
the sojourner who is in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;
Psalm 21:3
For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.
Genesis 15:16
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
Exodus 32:34
and now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging -- then I have charged upon them their sin.'
1 Kings 17:18
And she saith unto Elijah, 'What -- to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!'
Psalm 25:7
Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
Psalm 69:16-17
Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,
Psalm 106:43
Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.
Psalm 130:3
If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?
Ezekiel 2:3
And He saith unto Me, 'Son of man, I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto nations who are rebels, who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me, unto this self-same day.
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, according to all Thy righteous acts, let turn back, I pray Thee, Thine anger and Thy fury from Thy city Jerusalem, Thy holy mount, for by our sins, and by the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Thy people are for a reproach to all our neighbours;
Hosea 8:13
The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They -- to Egypt they turn back.
Hosea 9:9
They have gone deep -- have done corruptly, As in the days of Gibeah, He doth remember their iniquity, He doth inspect their sins.
Matthew 23:32-36
and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
Revelation 18:5
because her sins did follow -- unto the heaven, and God did remember her unrighteousness.