Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 119:39
39Turn away the disgrace I dread; indeed, your judgments 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 from looking at what is worthless; give me life in your ways. 38Confirm what you said to your servant, for it produces reverence for you. Turn away the disgrace I dread; indeed, your judgments are good. 40How I long for your precepts! Give me life through your righteousness. 41Let your faithful love come to me, Lord, your salvation, as you promised.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:39 word by word
הַעֲבֵ֣ר חֶ֭רְפָּתִי אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגֹ֑רְתִּי כִּ֖י מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:39
- Psalms 119:22Take insult and contempt away from me, for I have kept your decrees.
- Psalms 39:8Rescue me from all my transgressions; do not make me the taunt of fools.
- Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me, challenging the one who tramples me.Selah God sends his faithful love and truth.
- 2 Samuel 12:14However, because you treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.”
- 1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the devil’s trap.
- 1 Timothy 5:14Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.
- Psalms 119:40How I long for your precepts! Give me life through your righteousness.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Isaiah 26:8Yes, Lord, we wait for you in the path of your judgments. Our desire is for your name and renown.
- Romans 2:2Now we know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.
- Revelation 19:2because his judgments are true and righteous, because he has judged the notorious prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality; and he has avenged the blood of his servants that was on her hands.
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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