God’s Word Translation
Psalms 39:8
8Rescue me from all my rebellious acts. Do not disgrace me in front of godless fools.
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
6Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.” 7And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? My hope is in you! Rescue me from all my rebellious acts. Do not disgrace me in front of godless fools. 9I remained speechless. I did not open my mouth because you are the one who has done this. 10Remove the sickness you laid upon me. My life is over because you struck me with 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 the sake of your name, O Lord, remove my guilt, because it is great.
- Psalms 51:7Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Psalms 65:3Various sins overwhelm me. You are the one who forgives our rebellious acts.
- Psalms 130:8He will rescue Israel from all its sins.
- Micah 7:19You will again have compassion on us. You will overcome our wrongdoing. You will throw all our sins into the deep sea.
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus [He Saves], because he will save his people from their sins.”
- Psalms 35:21They open their big mouths and say about me, “Aha! Aha! Our own eyes have seen it.”
- Psalms 44:13You made us a disgrace to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
- Psalms 57:3He sends his help from heaven and saves me. He disgraces the one who is harassing me. Selah God sends his mercy and his truth!
- Psalms 79:4We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
- Psalms 119:39Take away insults, which I dread, because your regulations are good.
- 2 Samuel 16:7Shimei cursed and said, “Get out! Get out, you bloodthirsty man! You worthless person!
- Joel 2:17The priests who serve the Lord cry between the altar and the entrance to the temple. They say, “Spare your people, O Lord. Don’t let the people who belong to you become a disgrace. Don’t let the nations ridicule them. Why should people ask, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
- Romans 2:23As you brag about the laws in Moses’ Teachings, are you dishonoring God by ignoring those laws?
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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