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Psalms 79:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 79:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 79:811 words
HebrewMeaning
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּזְכָּרtizəkār
you rememberverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
לָ/נוּ֮lānw
pron
עֲוֺנֹ֪תʿăwōnōt
iniquitiesnounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥יםriʾšōniym
formeradjH7223
before · beginning · eldest · first ···
מַ֭הֵרmahēr
hastethverbH4118
hastily · at once · quickly · soon ···
יְקַדְּמ֣וּ/נוּyəqadəmwnw
may they come to meet usverbH6923
) before · disappoint · meet · prevent
רַחֲמֶ֑י/ךָraḥămeykā
compassion yournounH7356
compassion · damsel · tender love · (great ···
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
דַלּ֣וֹנוּdalwōnw
we have become lowverbH1809
dry up · be emptied · be not equal · fail ···
מְאֹֽדməʾōd
exceedinglyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 79:8

1. Over the title of this Psalm, being so short and so simple, I think we need not tarry. But the prophecy which here we read sent before, we know to be evidently fulfilled. For when these things were being sung in the times of King David, nothing of such sort, by the hostility of the Gentiles, as yet had befallen the city Jerusalem, nor the Temple of God, which as yet was not even built. For that after the death of David his son Salomon made a temple to God, who is ignorant?…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 79 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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