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Psalms 119:39
39Help me abandon my shameful ways; for your regulations are good.
Psalms 119:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 119:39
37Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. 38Reassure me of your promise, made to those who fear you. Help me abandon my shameful ways; for your regulations are good. 40I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness. 41Lord, give me your unfailing love, the salvation that you promised me.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:39 word by word
הַעֲבֵ֣ר חֶ֭רְפָּתִי אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגֹ֑רְתִּי כִּ֖י מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:39
- Psalms 119:22Don’t let them scorn and insult me, for I have obeyed your laws.
- Psalms 39:8Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me.
- Psalms 57:3He will send help from heaven to rescue me, disgracing those who hound me. Interlude My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.
- 2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord by doing this, your child will die.”
- 1 Timothy 3:7Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap.
- 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise these younger widows to marry again, have children, and take care of their own homes. Then the enemy will not be able to say anything against them.
- Psalms 119:40I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness.
- Psalms 19:9Reverence for the Lord is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the Lord are true; each one is fair.
- Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?
- Isaiah 26:8Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
- Romans 2:2And we know that God, in his justice, will punish anyone who does such things.
- Revelation 19:2His judgments are true and just. He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the murder of his servants.”
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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