Psalms 39:8
Save me from my rebellion. Don't let me be mocked by fools.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
In Context
7So Lord, what am I looking for? I put my hope in you.
9I will stay quiet, I won't say a word, for it's you who has done this to me.
Cross References
Psalms 25:11Lord, because of your nature, forgive my many sins.
Psalms 35:21They open their mouths wide to make accusations against me, saying, “Look! Look! We saw it with our own eyes!”
Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop so I can be clean; wash me so I can be whiter than snow.
Psalms 57:3From heaven he sends his help, and he saves me. He defeats those who persecute me. Selah. God sends me his unfailing love, showing he is completely trustworthy.
Psalms 79:4We have been made a mockery before our neighbors, ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
Psalms 130:6I long for the Lord to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come.
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 →