Psalm 79:8 - Easy To Read Version God, please don’t punish us for the sins of our ancestors. {\cf2\super [457]} \par Hurry, show us your mercy!\par We need you so much!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O remember not against us former iniquities: Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: For we are brought very low. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O do not [earnestly] remember against us the iniquities and guilt of our forefathers! Let Your compassion and tender mercy speedily come to meet us, for we are brought very low. American Standard Version (1901) Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low. Common English Bible Don’t remember the iniquities of past generations; let your compassion hurry to meet us because we’ve been brought so low. Catholic Public Domain Version O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved. |
After four generations your people will come to this land again. At that time, your people will defeat the Amorite people. I will use your people to punish the Amorites living here. This will be in the future, because the Amorite people are not yet evil enough to punish.”
And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”
God saved his people many times.\par But they turned against God\par and did what they wanted to do.\par God’s people did many, many bad things.\par
The Lord takes care of helpless people.\par I was without help,\par and the Lord saved me.\par
Lord, if you really punished people\par for all of their sins,\par no person would be left alive.\par
Lord, listen to my prayer.\par I need you very much.\par Save me from the people who chase me.\par Those people are too strong for me.\par
Lord, you really blessed the king.\par You put the gold crown on his head.\par
Don’t remember the sins and bad things\par that I did when I was young.\par For your good name, Lord,\par remember me with love.\par
So now, go down and lead the people where I tell you. My angel will go before you and lead you. When the time comes to punish the people who sinned, then they will be punished.”
Lord, don’t continue to be angry with us!\par Don’t remember our sins forever!\par Please, look at us!\par We are your people.\par
He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to speak to the family of Israel. Those people turned against me many times. And their ancestors turned against me. They have sinned against me many times—and they are still sinning against me today.
Lord, stop being angry at Jerusalem. Jerusalem is on your holy mountain. You do the right things, so stop being angry at Jerusalem. People all around us insult us and make fun of your people. This happens because we and our ancestors {\cf2\super [102]} sinned against you.
The Israelites love sacrifices. {\cf2\super [82]} \par They offer the meat and eat it.\par The Lord does not accept their sacrifices.\par He remembers their sins.\par And he will punish them.\par They will be carried as prisoners to Egypt.\par
The Israelites have gone deep into ruin like in the time of Gibeah. {\cf2\super [91]} The Lord will remember the Israelites’ sins. He will punish their sins.
The foreigners living among you will get more and more power. And you will lose the power you had.
That city’s sins are piled up as high as heaven.\par God has not forgotten the wrong things she has done.\par