Psalm 109:15

Translations

Modern

May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

Traditional

Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Literal

Let them be before YHWH continually, that He may cut off from the earth their memory!

Latin

Fiant contra Dominum semper, et dispereat de terra memoria eorum:

Original

Hebrew

English

May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

Notes

Psalms 109:6–19

The NLT translates these verses as the words of the psalmist’s accusers; Hebrew lacks They say, which makes it unclear who is speaking.

Psalms 109:1–31

The psalmist starts this lament by accusing his accusers of repaying good with evil (Psalm 109:1–5). At the end of the psalm, he prays to the Lord, seeking protection (Psalm 109:21–25) and vengeance (109:26–31).

Theme notes and profiles

David Prayers for Vengeance Psalms of Suffering

Related verses

Psalm 34:16
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
Psalm 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Job 18:17
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
Psalm 51:9
Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
Psalm 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Jeremiah 2:22
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
Isaiah 65:15
You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
Deuteronomy 32:34
“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
Hosea 7:2
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

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Psalm 109:15

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