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Don`t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, For we are in desperate need.
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A Plea Beyond Personal Sin
The prayer "remember not against us former iniquities" is a profound corporate confession. Commentators explain this isn't just about the people's own past mistakes but acknowledges the long history of their nation's sin, including the transgressions of their ancestors. It's a recognition that their current crisis is the culmination of generations of unfaithfulness, and they are casting themselves entirely on God's mercy for a history they cannot undo.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O remember not against us former iniquities — Margin: "The iniquities of those who were before us." The Hebrew can mean either form…
16th Century
Protestant
Remember not against us the iniquities of former times. The godly Jews here confirm the sentiment they had previously, briefly and obscure…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O remember not against us former iniquities Or, "our ancient iniquities", as the Septuagint; the most ancient sin of…
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