Psalms 39:8
(39:9) From all my transgressions deliver thou me: render me not the object of reproach of the worthless.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
In Context
7(39:8) And now, what shall I wait for, O Lord? my hope is in thee.
9(39:10) I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou hadst done it.
Cross References
Psalms 25:11For the sake of thy name, O Lord, pardon my iniquity: although it is great.
Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened wide against me their mouth; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Psalms 51:7(51:9) Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms 57:3(57:4) He will send from heaven, and save me, though he that longeth to swallow me up utter reproach. Selah. God will send forth his kindness and his truth.
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those that are round about us.
Psalms 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning expect 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 →