Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
In Context
7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Cross References
Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
Psalms 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait 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 →