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Psalms 119:39
39Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your ordinances are good.
Psalms 119:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
- New International Version (NIV)Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good.
Context of Psalms 119:39
37Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine], And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways. 38Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You. Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your ordinances are good. 40I long for Your precepts; Renew me through Your righteousness. 41May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O Lord, Your salvation according to Your promise;
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:39 word by word
הַעֲבֵ֣ר חֶ֭רְפָּתִי אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגֹ֑רְתִּי כִּ֖י מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:39
- Psalms 119:22Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I observe Your testimonies.
- Psalms 39:8Save me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the scorn and reproach of the [self-righteous, arrogant] fool.
- Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah. God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.
- 2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have given [a great] opportunity to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme [Him], the son that is born to you shall certainly die.”
- 1 Timothy 3:7And he must have a good reputation and be well thought of by those outside the church, so that he will not be discredited and fall into the devil’s trap.
- 1 Timothy 5:14So I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and not give opponents of the faith any occasion for slander.
- Psalms 119:40I long for Your precepts; Renew me through Your righteousness.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether.
- Deuteronomy 4:8Or what great nation has statutes and judgments so righteous (upright, just) as this whole law which I am placing before you today?
- Isaiah 26:8Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord, We have waited expectantly for You; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.
- Romans 2:2And we know that the judgment of God falls justly and in accordance with truth on those who practice such things.
- Revelation 19:2because His judgments are true and righteous. He has judged [convicted and pronounced sentence on] the great prostitute (idolatress) who was corrupting and ruining and poisoning the earth with her adultery (idolatry), and He has imposed the penalty for the blood of His bond-servants on her.”
Commentaries on Psalms 119:39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39Turn away my reproach, which I fear - This may be understood of the reproach which a man may meet with in consequence of living a godly life, for such a life was never fashionable in any time or country. But I have found the following note on the passage: "I have done a secret evil; my soul is sorry for it: if it become public, it will be a heavy reproach to me. O God, turn it away, and let it never meet the eye of man!" - Anon.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Turn away my reproach - The reproach which is likely to come upon me from being a professed worshipper of God. In all ages good men have been exposed to this reproach. Which I fear - Which I have reason to apprehend will come upon me. This may not mean that he was personally afraid of it, but merely that he had reason to apprehend that he was exposed to it. The prayer is proper, for there is nothing which our nature makes us shrink back from more than…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the love of the world rooted…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-40He (ה) is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. As a student, the poet asks his teacher, God, to renew life and to transform disgrace into righteousness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4039-40. Our hope of freedom from the reproach of inconsistency is in God's power, quickening us to live according to His Word, which He leads us to love. for thy judgments are good--The time must therefore be at hand when Thy justice will turn the "reproach" from Thy Church upon the world (Is 25:8; 66:5; Zep 2:8-10). VAU. (Psa 119:41-48).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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