Psalms 39:8 · KJV
“Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.”
— Psalms 39:8
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
Psalms 39 — Context
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. {blow: Heb. conflict}
Cross References
Psalms 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: {and} my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. {bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods}
Psalms 44:13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Micah 7:19
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where {is} their God? {rule over: or, use a byword against}
Psalms 65:3
Iniquities prevail against me: {as for} our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. {iniquities: Heb. Words, or, Matters of iniquities}
Psalms 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me {from} the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. {from the...: or, he reproacheth him that}
Psalms 51:7-10
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms 25:11
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it {is} great.