Psalms 39:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

Rescue me from all my transgressions; don't make me the butt of fools.

Berean Standard Bible:

Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Deliver{H5337} me from all my transgressions{H6588}: make{H7760}{H8799)} me not the reproach{H2781} of the foolish{H5036}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 44:13

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

Psalms 79:4

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

Psalms 65:3

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

2 Samuel 16:7

  • And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

2 Samuel 16:8

  • The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a bloody man.

Matthew 1:21

  • And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Psalms 51:7

  • ¶ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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Commentary for Psalms 39:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5337
    There are 194 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָצַל
    Transliteration: nâtsal
    Pronunciation: naw-tsal'
    Description: a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
  2. Strong's Number: H6588
    There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פֶּשַׁע
    Transliteration: peshaʻ
    Pronunciation: peh'-shah
    Description: from פָּשַׁע; a revolt (national, moral or religious); rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
  3. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  4. Strong's Number: H2781
    There are 72 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֶרְפָּה
    Transliteration: cherpâh
    Pronunciation: kher-paw'
    Description: from חָרַף; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda; rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
  5. Strong's Number: H5036
    There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָבָל
    Transliteration: nâbâl
    Pronunciation: naw-bawl'
    Description: from נָבֵל; stupid; wicked (especially impious); fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.