Psalms 79:8

“O remember not against us former iniquities, etc.] 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 are made sinners; and for which judgment comes upon all men; and from thence flows the corruption of nature, or that original sin of our nature in which we are all conceived and born, and so are transgressors from the womb; or iniquities of former times, of our youth, as Kimchi, sins done of old, committed long ago, in the youthful age, (see <192507>Psalm 25:7), or the sins of former persons, of our fathers, as Aben Ezra, which the Lord visits sometimes upon the children: some think reference is…”

“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 substantially the same. It is not their own iniquities which are particularly referred to, but the iniquity of the nation as committed in former times; and the prayer is, that God would not visit them with the results of the sins of former generations, though their own ancestors. The language is derived from the idea so constantly affirmed in the Scripture, and so often illustrated in fact, that the effects of sin pass over from one generation to the next, and involve it in calamity. See Exodus 20:5;…”

“Prevent - Prevent our utter extirpation. Psalms 79:11”

“79:8 The people’s accumulation of past sins contributed to the Exile (2 Kgs 17:7-23; 24:3-4); however, the people perished because of their own sins (Jer 31:30; Ezek 18:20).”

“remember: Psa 25:7, Psa 130:3; Exo 32:34; Kg1 17:18; Isa 64:9; Hos 8:13, Hos 9:9; Rev 18:5 former iniquities: or, the iniquities of them that were before us, Gen 15:16; Eze 2:3; Dan 9:16; Mat 23:32-36 let thy: Psa 21:3, Psa 69:16, Psa 69:17 we are: Psa 106:43, Psa 116:6, Psa 142:6; Deu 28:43 Psalms 79:9”