Psalms 79:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
  • Ps 25:11 : 11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
  • Ps 65:3 : 3 Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.
  • Jer 14:21 : 21 Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:14 : 14 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
  • Dan 9:9 : 9 With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
  • Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
  • Ps 115:1 : 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
  • Isa 48:9 : 9 Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
  • Ps 31:3 : 3 For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
  • Josh 7:9 : 9 For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

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    8 Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

  • 1 Chr 16:35
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    35 And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.

  • Dan 9:15-19
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    15 And now, O Lord our God, who took your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand and made a great name for yourself even to this day; we are sinners, we have done evil.

    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.

    17 And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants, O Lord.

    18 O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

    19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.

  • Ps 25:11
    76%

    11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

  • Jer 14:7
    76%

    7 Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.

  • Ps 79:10-11
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    10 Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.

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  • Ps 109:26
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    26 Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

  • Ps 106:47
    75%

    47 Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

  • Dan 9:8-9
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    75%

    8 O Lord, shame is on us, on our kings and our rulers and our fathers, because of our sin against you.

    9 With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

  • Ps 109:21
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    21 But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

  • Ps 85:7
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    7 Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your salvation.

  • Ps 115:1
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    1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

  • Ps 44:26
    75%

    26 Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy.

  • Jer 14:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.

    21 Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.

  • Ps 80:3
    74%

    3 Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

  • Ps 143:11
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    11 Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble.

  • Ezra 9:13
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    13 And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

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    9 Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

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    7 Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

  • Ps 80:18-19
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    18 So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

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    12 Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

  • Ps 85:4
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    4 Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.

  • Ps 6:4
    72%

    4 Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

  • Ps 40:13
    72%

    13 Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.

  • Isa 59:12
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    12 For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:

  • Ps 51:14
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    14 Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

  • Ps 60:11
    72%

    11 Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

  • Ezra 9:15
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    15 O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

  • Ps 20:9
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    9 Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.

  • Ps 67:2
    72%

    2 So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

  • Isa 33:2
    72%

    2 O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

  • Ps 51:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

  • Neh 9:32
    71%

    32 And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.

  • Ps 123:3
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    3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.

  • Isa 64:9
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    9 Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.

  • Ps 106:8
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    8 But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

  • Ps 44:20
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    20 If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,

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    3 Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

  • Ps 31:16
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    16 Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

  • Isa 26:13
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    13 O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us; but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.

  • Ps 44:7
    71%

    7 But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.