Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions; Let me not be the reproach of scoffers!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
In Context
7What, then, O Lord! is my hope? My hope is in thee!
9Yet I am dumb; I open not my mouth; For thou hast done it!
Cross References
Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity; for it is great!
Psalms 35:21Yea, they open their mouths wide against me; They say, “Aha, aha! our eyes seeth it.”
Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, until I be clean; Wash me, until I be whiter than snow!
Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven, and save me; He will put to shame him that panteth for my life; [[Pause.]] God will send forth his mercy and his truth.
Psalms 79:4We have become the reproach of our neighbors,—The scorn and derision of those around us.
Psalms 130:6My soul waiteth for the LORD More than they who watch for the morning; Yea, more than they who watch 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 →