Psalms 119:39
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for your judgments are good.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
In Context
38Establish your word unto your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
40Behold, I have longed after your precepts: restore life in me in your righteousness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto you shall surely die.
Psalms 39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 119:20My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
Psalms 119:31I have stuck unto your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed 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 →