Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
In Context
7And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done [it].
Cross References
Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Psalms 35:21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms 57:3He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers 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 →