| Geneva Study Bible O remember not against us {f} former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. (f) Which we and our fathers have committed. Wesley's Notes 79:8 Prevent - Prevent our utter extirpation. King James Translators' Notes former...: or, the iniquities of them that were before us Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 8. former iniquities-literally, "iniquities of former times." prevent us-literally, "meet us," as in Ps 21:3. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 79:6-13 Those who persist in ignorance of God, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous soever men were, the Lord was righteous in permitting them to do what they did. Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from God's mercies, his tender mercies. They plead no merit, they pretend to none, but, Help us for the glory of thy name; pardon us for thy name's sake. The Christian forgets not that he is often bound in the chain of his sins. The world to him is a prison; sentence of death is passed upon him, and he knows not how soon it may be executed. How fervently should he at all times pray, O let the sighing of a prisoner come before thee, according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die! How glorious will the day be, when, triumphant over sin and sorrow, the church beholds the adversary disarmed for ever! while that church shall, from age to age, sing the praises of her great Shepherd and Bishop, her King and her God. | 
