New Living Translation
Psalms 39:8
8Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me.
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
6We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. 7And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me. 9I am silent before you; I won’t say a word, for my punishment is from you. 10But please stop striking me! I am exhausted by the blows from 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 honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins.
- Psalms 51:7Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Psalms 65:3Though we are overwhelmed by our sins, you forgive them all.
- Psalms 130:8He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.
- Micah 7:19Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
- Matthew 1:21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
- Psalms 35:21They shout, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!”
- Psalms 44:13You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- 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.
- Psalms 79:4We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 119:39Help me abandon my shameful ways; for your regulations are good.
- 2 Samuel 16:7“Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David.
- Joel 2:17Let the priests, who minister in the Lord’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray, “Spare your people, Lord! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say, ‘Has the God of Israel left them?’”
- Romans 2:23You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it.
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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