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Psalms 39:8
8Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me.
Context of Psalms 39:8
6“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. 7“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. 9I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. 10Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow 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 the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
- Psalms 51:7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Psalms 65:3When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions.
- Psalms 130:8He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
- Micah 7:19You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
- Psalms 35:21They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it.”
- Psalms 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
- Psalms 57:3He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me— God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.
- Psalms 79:4We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 119:39Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
- 2 Samuel 16:7As he cursed, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel!
- Joel 2:17Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
- Romans 2:23You who boast in the law, do you 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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