King James Version
Psalms 119:39
39Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
Psalms 119:39 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Help me abandon my shameful ways; for your regulations are good.
Context of Psalms 119:39
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 38Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. 41Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:39 word by word
הַעֲבֵ֣ר חֶ֭רְפָּתִי אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגֹ֑רְתִּי כִּ֖י מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:39
- Psalms 119:22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
- Psalms 39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
- Psalms 57:3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
- 2 Samuel 12:14Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
- 1 Timothy 3:7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
- 1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
- Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Romans 2:2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
- Revelation 19:2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
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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