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Psalms 79:8
Psalms 79:8 is verse 8 of Psalms chapter 79, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
King James Version
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent 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.
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Psalms 79:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
Isaiah 64:9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Ezekiel 2:3“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
Matthew 23:35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 23:36Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Psalms 21:3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
Psalms 116:6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
Deuteronomy 28:43The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.