Psalms 39:8

Psalms 39:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
• New International Version (NIV)Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

Context of Psalms 39:8

6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for thou hast done [it]. 10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

Psalms 39:8 word by word

מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעַ֥י הַצִּילֵ֑נִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נָ֝בָ֗ל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 39:8

• Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
• Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
• Psalms 65:3Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
• Psalms 130:8And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
• Micah 7:19He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
• Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
• Psalms 35:21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
• Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
• Psalms 57:3He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.
• Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
• Psalms 119:39Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.
• 2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
• Romans 2:23thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?

Commentaries on Psalms 39:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Deliver one from all may transgressions - I seek the pardon of my sins; I expect it from thy mercy. Grant it, "that I be not the reproach of the foolish," (the godless and the profane), who deride my expectation, and say no such blessings can be had. Let them know, by thy saving me, that there is a God who heareth prayer, and giveth his Holy Spirit to all them that ask him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions - Recognising, as in Psalm 38:3-5, his sins as the source of all his troubles and sorrows. If his transgressions were forgiven, he felt assured that his trouble would be removed. His first petition, therefore, is, that his sins might be pardoned, with the implied conscious assurance that then it would be consistent and proper for God to remove his calamity, and deliver him from the evils which had come upon him. Make…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing but vanity, may God deliver us from having or seeking our portion in it. When creature-confidences fail, it is our comfort that we have a God to go to, a God to trust in. We may see a good God doing all, and ordering all events concerning us; and a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The idea that rebellion leads to suffering is a common theme in Psalms 32, 38–41.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. Patiently submissive, he prays for the removal of his chastisement, and that he may not be a reproach.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 39:8

• Waiting

In the dictionaries

• Altogether
• Frail
• Jeduthun
• Measure
• Psalms
• Silence
• Vain
• Dumb
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 39

• 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