Psalms 39 · Verse 8

Psalms 39:8

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 39:8, King James Version

Psalms 39:8 in other translations

BSBDeliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
WEBDeliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
ASVDeliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
YLTFrom all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.
DARBYDeliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
BBEMake me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.
WebsterDeliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

What does Psalms 39:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 39:8-10
8-10. Patiently submissive, he prays for the removal of his chastisement, and that he may not be a reproach.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Deliver one from all may transgressions - I seek the pardon of my sins; I expect it from thy mercy. Grant it, "that I be not the reproach of the foolish," (the godless and the profane), who deride my expectation, and say no such blessings can be had. Let them know, by thy saving me, that there is a God who heareth prayer, and giveth his Holy Spirit to all them that ask him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 39:7-13

There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing but vanity, may God deliver us from having or seeking our portion in it. When creature-confidences fail, it is our comfort that we have a God to go to, a God to trust in. We may see a good God doing all, and ordering all…

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Psalms 39:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom allH3605
פְּשָׁעַ֥יpe.sha.'Aitransgressions myH6588
הַצִּילֵ֑נִיha.tzi.Le.nideliver meH5337
חֶרְפַּ֥תcher.Pata reproach ofH2781
נָ֝בָ֗לna.Val[the] foolishH5036
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי\׃te.si.Me.niyou make meH7760

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 39:8

  • Psalms 51:14

    Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  • Psalms 44:13

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Psalms 79:4

    We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  • Joel 2:19

    Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

  • Psalms 65:3

    Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  • Psalms 25:11

    For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

  • Psalms 25:18

    Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 51:7-10

    Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  • Psalms 130:8

    And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deliver.
25:11,18; 51:7-10,14; 65:3; 130:8; Mic 7:19; Mt 1:21; Tit 2:14
make.
35:21; 44:13; 57:3; 79:4; 119:39; 2Sa 16:7,8; Joe 2:17,19
Ro 2:23,24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 39:7

    And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

  • Psalms 39:8

    Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

  • Psalms 39:9

    I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

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Psalms 39:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Líbrame de todas mis rebeliones; no me pongas por escarnio del insensato.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant, qu’est-ce que j’attends, Seigneur? Mon attente est en toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Errette mich von allen meinen Übertretungen, mache mich nicht zum Hohne des Toren!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me,