O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
The petitions here put up to God are very suitable to the present distresses of the church, and they have pleas to enforce them, interwoven with them, taken mostly from God's honour.
I. They pray that…
Cambridge Bible
Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers (R.V.). For these sins Israel in the Exile knew that it was suffering (Lam 5:7), in accordance with the warnings of the law (Exo 20:5). For…
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