A moment in scripture
Psalms 79:8
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O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 79:6
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
- Psalms 79:7
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
- Psalms 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
- Psalms 79:10
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.