Psalms 79:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O remember{H8799)} not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent{H8762)} us: for we are brought very low{H8804)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַֽל־תִּזְכָּר־לָנוּ֮ עֲוֺנֹ֢ת רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥ים מַ֭הֵר יְקַדְּמ֣וּנוּ רַחֲמֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י דַלּ֣וֹנוּ מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

Not-tizkor-to-us ʿăwōnōṯ riʾšōnîm mahēr yəqaddəmûnû raḥămeḵā for dallônû məʾōḏ

Grammar Details

*ʾal*: negative particle - do not
*tizkor*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will remember
*lānû*: preposition with 1st person plural suffix - to us/against us
*ʿăwōnōṯ*: masculine plural construct - iniquities of
*riʾšōnîm*: masculine plural adjective - former ones/ancestors
*mahēr*: piel imperative masculine singular - hasten/quickly
*yəqaddəmûnû*: piel imperfect 3rd person plural with 1st person plural suffix - they will come to meet us
*raḥămeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your compassions
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*dallônû*: qal perfect 1st person plural - we are brought low
*məʾōḏ*: adverb - very/exceedingly

Word Meanings

*tizkor*: remember/call to mind/hold against
*ʿăwōnōṯ*: iniquities/sins/guilt
*riʾšōnîm*: former ones/ancestors/those before us
*mahēr*: quickly/speedily/hasten
*yəqaddəmûnû*: come to meet us/come before us/confront us
*raḥămeḵā*: your compassions/your mercies
*dallônû*: we are brought low/we are impoverished/we are weak

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Referenced Verses

Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Isa 64:9 : 9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Ps 116:6 : 6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Deut 28:43 : 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Ps 21:3 : 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
Ps 25:7 : 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Ps 69:16-17 : 16 Hear{H8798)} me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn{H8798)} unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And hide{H8686)} not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble{H8804)}: hear{H8798)} me speedily.
Ps 106:43 : 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Exod 32:34 : 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
Ezek 2:3 : 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
Dan 9:16 : 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
Hos 8:13 : 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Matt 23:32-36 : 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
Rev 18:5 : 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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