The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 79:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

O remember not against us former iniquities; or, the iniquities of our forefathers (so Professor Cheyne and the Revised Version); comp. Le 26:45, "I will remember to them the covenant of their ancestors"—where the same word ( רִאשֹׁגִים) is used.

Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; or, come to meet us (Kay, Cheyne). For we are brought very low (comp. Psalms 111:6; Psalms 142:6).

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