Psalms 119:39
Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
In Context
38Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who revere you.
40Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
Cross References
Psalms 39:8From all my transgressions deliver me; make me not the scorn of the fool.
Psalms 119:20My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
Psalms 119:31I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
Psalms 119:75I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Psalms 119:131With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:39
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. Here is 1. The character of a good man, which is the work of God's grace in him; he is God's servant, subject to his law and employed in his work, that is, devoted to his fear, given up to his direction and disposal, and taken up with high thoughts of him and all those acts of devotion which have a tendency to his glory. Those are truly God's servants who, though they have their infirmities and defects, are sincerely devoted to the fear of God and… Read the whole commentary →