Psalms 39:8

Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:

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Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

In Context

7Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.

9that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:11But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.

Psalms 51:7Because of this, God will destroy you in the end. He will pull you up, and he will remove you from your tabernacle and your root from the land of the living.

Psalms 57:3For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.

Psalms 79:4Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.

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 →

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