Psalms 79:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O remember not against us formera iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. ”

Psalms 79:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O remember not against us forrmer iniquities - Margin, The iniquities of them that were before us. The Hebrew may mean either former times, or former generations. The allusion, however, is substa...
Psalms 79:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

O remember not against us (f) former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. (f) Which we and our fathers have committed.
Psalms 79:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIX. The Sanctuary Profaned. The Ps. is of the same date as Psalms 74. It does not suit the earlier destruction of the city and the Temple in 586 B.C. The words war, overthrow, and the like do no...
Psalms 79:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquities. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44. prevent us . come to meet us. Eng. usage changed. Original sense obsolete.
Psalms 79:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 Remember not against us the iniquities of former times. The godly Jews here confirm the sentiment which they had before briefly and obscurely touched upon, namely, that they had justly des...
Psalms 79:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. Remember not against us former iniquities - Visit us not for the sins of our fore...
Psalms 79:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

O remember not against us former iniquities— This may probably have an especial reference to those first sins which this people had been guilty of, after their coming out of Egypt. Such was their i...
Psalms 79:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. O remember not against us former iniquities - rather, 'the iniquities of...
Psalms 79:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For the occasion and date of this Ps. see intro. to Psalms 74 . It gives a pathetic picture of the calamities that have fallen upon God's people ( Psalms 79:1-4 ), entreats God to withdraw His anger...
Psalms 79:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 79:1-13 THE same national agony which was the theme of Psalms 74:1-23 , forced the sad strains of this psalm from the singer's heart. There, the profanation of the Temple and here, the des...
Psalms 79:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Help Us, O God of Our Salvation” Psalms 79:1-13 It was the period of the Chaldean invasion. This cry of horror went forth from the heart of the Chosen People, who had looked upon the sacred sh...
Psalms 79:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a cry of distress. The conditions described are those of overwhelming national calamity. The country and the city of God are overrun and spoiled by ruthless enemies. The people have been slai...
Psalms 79:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These prayers are evidently dictated by the Holy Ghost, because they are founded on God's promises. See Isaiah 43:25 ; Ezekiel 36:22 .
Psalms 79:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD THE HOPE OF THE DISTRESSED ‘Let Thy tender mercies speedily prevent us.’ Psalms 79:8 I. This is a cry of distress. —The conditions described are those of overwhelming national calamity....
Psalms 79:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O remember not against us former iniquities ,.... Or, "our ancient iniquities", as the Septuagint; the most ancient sin of all is that of our first parents, in which we are involved, and by which we...
Psalms 79:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. Ver. 8. O remember not against us former iniquities ] Or, the iniquities of th...
Psalms 79:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Remember not against us former iniquities The sins committed by our forefathers, and by us who have filled up the measure of their sins, for which we confess thou hast most righteously brought this...
Psalms 79:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Petitions for Succor and Relief; Petitions for Deliverance. 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known t...
Psalms 79:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Former iniquities; the sins committed by our forefathers, and by us, who have filled up the measure of their sins, for which we confess thou hast most righteously brought this desolating judgment u...
Psalms 79:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .— “A Psalm of Asaph . “See Introduction to Psalms 74 . Occasion .—This Psalm is closely related to the 74th, and both most probably refer to the devastation and desec...
Psalms 79:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. A psalm of Asaph, an elegy over the slain, as is supposed, when Shishak king of Egypt invaded Judea with a great army, besieging the cities and slaughtering the people. Sir Isaac Newton thin...
Psalms 79:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance. The inhumanity of man and the mixture of good and evil I. Here is a fact revealing the inhumanity of man and the permissive government of God...
Psalms 79:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is "a psalm of complaint, closely parallel to Psalms 74:1-19 ." (Cheyne), and must, like that psalm, be referred to the time of the Babylonian conquest. It shows us the Holy L...
Psalms 79:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer in the Midst of Oppression. A psalm of Asaph, similar in tone and content to Psalms 74, though any special event which might have occasioned the writing of this hymn is not known.
Psalms 79:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:18 ; Daniel 9:16 ; Deuteronomy 28:43 ; Exodus 32:34 ; Ezekiel 2:3 ; Genesis 15:16 ; Hosea 8:13 ; Hosea 9:9 ; Isaiah 64:9 ; Matthew 23:32-36 ; Psalms 130:3 ; Psalms 21:3 ; Psal...
Psalms 79:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prevent — Prevent our utter extirpation.

Psalms 79:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 79:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 79:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 79:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 79:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 79:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 79:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 79:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 79:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 79:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 79:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 79:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 79:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 79:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 79:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 79:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes