Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
In Context
7And now, LORD, what do I wait for? My hope is in thee.
9I was mute. I opened not my mouth, because thou did it.
Cross References
Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God will send forth his loving kindness and his truth.
Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are round about us.
Psalms 130:6my soul for LORD more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:8-13
Confidence in God; David Pleading with God. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear unto my cry; hold… Read the whole commentary →