English Standard Version
Psalms 39:8
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me.
Context of Psalms 39:8
6Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! 7"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! 9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. 10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
Read all of Psalms 39Psalms 39:8 word by word
מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעַ֥י הַצִּילֵ֑נִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נָ֝בָ֗ל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 39:8
- Psalms 25:11For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, 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 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.
- Psalms 130:8And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
- Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Matthew 1:21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
- Psalms 35:21They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!"
- Psalms 44:13You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
- Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
- Psalms 79:4We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
- Psalms 119:39Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good.
- 2 Samuel 16:7And Shimei said as he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!
- Joel 2:17Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, "Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
- Romans 2:23You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.
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
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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
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