Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
American Standard 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 wait I for? My hope is in thee.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
Cross References
Psalms 25:11For thy name`s sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath 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, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord More than watchmen [wait] for the morning; [Yea, more than] 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 →