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Do notאַלrememberתִּזְכָּרagainst usלָנוּthe iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתof the ancestors;רִאשֹׁנִיםquicklyמַהֵרlet your compassionרַחֲמֶיךָcome to meet us,יְקַדְּמוּנוּforכִּיwe have been brought lowדַלּוֹנוּgreatly.מְאֹד
Psalms 79:8
Study it in the app“Do not remember against us the iniquities of the ancestors; quickly let your compassion come to meet us, for we have been brought low greatly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 79:8, word by word
- rememberתִּזְכָּרtizkar
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “tizkar” appears- the iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתavonot
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonot” appears- of the ancestorsרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonim” appears- quicklyמַהֵרmaher
quickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appears- let your compassionרַחֲמֶיrachame
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachame” appears- come to meet usיְקַדְּמוּyekadmu
meet
To go toward someone who is coming: to help him or to confront him.
Where else “yekadmu” appears- we have been brought lowדַלּוֹנוּdalonu
grow weak
To grow feeble or poor; shrink.
Where else “dalonu” appears- greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
7for they have devoured Jacob, and his abode they have laid waste.
8 · This verse (above)
9Help us, Elohim of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; and deliver us, and make expiation for our sins, for the sake of your name.