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Do not let fools mock me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/39.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/39.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/39.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/39.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/39.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Save me from all my wrongdoings; Do not make me an <i>object of</i> reproach for the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/39.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/39.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/39.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the wicked fool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/39.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Save me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the scorn <i>and</i> reproach of the [self-righteous, arrogant] fool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/39.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Rescue me from all my transgressions; do not make me the taunt of fools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/39.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the taunt of fools. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/39.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/39.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Save me from my sins. Don't let fools sneer at me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/39.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/39.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Rescue me from all my rebellious acts. Do not disgrace me in front of godless fools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/39.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Save me from all my sins, and don't let fools make fun of me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/39.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/39.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/39.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/39.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the taunt of fools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/39.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/39.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/39.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions, "" Do not make me a reproach of the fool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/39.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/39.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgression: thou wilt not set me a reproach of the foolish one.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/39.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me a reproach to the fool. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/39.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 38:9>Rescue me from all my iniquities. You have handed me over as reproach to the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/39.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />From all my sins deliver me; let me not be the taunt of fools. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/39.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/39.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Deliver thou me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the unjust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/39.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And save me from all my crimes and do not make me a reproach to the evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/39.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the base.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/39.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Deliver me from all my transgressions: thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/39-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=4616" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/39.htm">I Will Watch My Ways</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">Deliver me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kāl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: pə·šā·‘ay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">my transgressions;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: tə·śî·mê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">make me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ḥer·paṯ (N-fsc) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">the reproach</a> <a href="/hebrew/5036.htm" title="5036: nā·ḇāl (Adj-ms) -- Foolish, senseless. From nabel; stupid; wicked.">of fools.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-24.htm">Romans 7:24-25</a></span><br />What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? / Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-20.htm">Psalm 25:20</a></span><br />Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-22.htm">Psalm 38:22</a></span><br />Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-11.htm">Isaiah 43:11</a></span><br />I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">Hosea 13:4</a></span><br />Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-15.htm">1 Timothy 1:15</a></span><br />This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/130-7.htm">Psalm 130:7-8</a></span><br />O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance. / And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/71-5.htm">Psalm 71:5</a></span><br />For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-1.htm">Psalm 62:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-12.htm">Acts 4:12</a></span><br />Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-94.htm">Psalm 119:94</a></span><br />I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-39.htm">Psalm 37:39</a></span><br />The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22</a></span><br />Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.</p><p class="hdg">Deliver</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-11.htm">Psalm 25:11,18</a></b></br> For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it <i>is</i> great… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7-10,14</a></b></br> Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Psalm 65:3</a></b></br> Iniquities prevail against me: <i>as for</i> our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.</p><p class="hdg">make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-21.htm">Psalm 35:21</a></b></br> Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, <i>and</i> said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Psalm 44:13</a></b></br> Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3</a></b></br> He shall send from heaven, and save me <i>from</i> the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/38-4.htm">Base</a> <a href="/psalms/38-5.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/38-20.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Fool</a> <a href="/psalms/38-5.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/psalms/5-5.htm">Fools</a> <a href="/psalms/34-4.htm">Free</a> <a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/psalms/37-19.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Transgressions</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Base</a> <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/psalms/40-13.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/psalms/40-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Fool</a> <a href="/psalms/40-14.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/psalms/74-22.htm">Fools</a> <a href="/psalms/44-2.htm">Free</a> <a href="/psalms/42-10.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/psalms/40-13.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/psalms/44-7.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/psalms/40-12.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Transgressions</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 39</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/39-1.htm">David's care of his thoughts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">The consideration of the brevity and vanity of life</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/39-7.htm">the reverence of God's judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">and prayer, are his bridles of impatience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/39.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/39.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Deliver me from all my transgressions;</b><br>This phrase is a plea for divine intervention and forgiveness. The psalmist acknowledges personal sin and seeks God's deliverance, reflecting the biblical theme of repentance and redemption. The concept of transgressions refers to violations of God's law, highlighting the need for atonement. This plea echoes the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, where offerings were made for the atonement of sins (Leviticus 16). It also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who is seen as the fulfillment of the sacrificial system, offering forgiveness and redemption through His death and resurrection (<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-14</a>).<p><b>do not make me the reproach of fools.</b><br>Here, the psalmist requests protection from becoming a subject of scorn or ridicule by those who lack wisdom or understanding. In biblical terms, "fools" often refer to those who reject God and His commandments (<a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>). The concern for reputation and honor is significant in the cultural context of ancient Israel, where public shame could have severe social consequences. This plea for protection from reproach is also a request for God's vindication, aligning with the broader biblical narrative where God defends and upholds the righteous (<a href="/psalms/37-5.htm">Psalm 37:5-6</a>). The desire to avoid the reproach of fools can be seen as a call to live a life that reflects God's righteousness, ultimately pointing to the example of Jesus Christ, who, despite being mocked and scorned, remained sinless and obedient to God (<a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm">1 Peter 2:23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/39.htm">Psalm 39</a>, David is expressing a personal lament and plea for deliverance from sin and its consequences.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The recipient of David's prayer, God is seen as the only one capable of delivering David from his transgressions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/fools.htm">Fools</a></b><br>Represents those who mock or scorn, often seen as those who do not follow God's ways or understand His wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledgment_of_sin.htm">Acknowledgment of Sin</a></b><br>Recognize the importance of acknowledging our transgressions before God, as David does, understanding that sin separates us from Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_deliverance.htm">Dependence on God for Deliverance</a></b><br>Emphasize that true deliverance from sin comes only through God's intervention and grace, not through our own efforts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/avoiding_the_reproach_of_fools.htm">Avoiding the Reproach of Fools</a></b><br>Understand the significance of living a life that reflects God's wisdom, avoiding the scorn and mockery of those who do not follow His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Highlight the process of repentance as a pathway to restoration and renewed relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_a_testimony.htm">Living a Testimony</a></b><br>Encourage believers to live in a way that testifies to God's transformative power, avoiding actions that would bring reproach from non-believers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_39.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 39</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_god_forget_our_sins.htm">Can God forget our sins?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_swearing_to_god_considered_wrong.htm">How can guilt be relieved through faith in God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_say_'forsaken_me'.htm">If Jesus is God, why did He say 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?' on the cross (Matthew 27:46)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_bildad's_claim_with_innocent_suffering.htm">How can Bildad's claim that God never rejects the blameless (Job 8:20-22) be reconciled with instances of innocent suffering in Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/39.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Here the psalmist recurs to his initial thought, but lets us see deeper down into his heart. It was no mere fancy that if he gave vent to his feelings the wicked might find cause for reproach; the cause was there in his own consciousness of transgression.<p><span class= "bld">The reproach of</span> <span class= "bld">the foolish.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">The scorn of the fool. </span>(Comp. <a href="/psalms/22-6.htm" title="But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.">Psalm 22:6</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/39.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Deliver me from all my transgressions</span>. The approach to God quickens in every God-fearing man the sense of sin and the longing for pardon. So the psalmist has no sooner thrown himself upon God as his one Hope, than the thought of his sin occurs to him - the sin which has brought upon him all his misery; and his first prayer is to be "delivered" from it. <span class="cmt_word">Make me not the reproach of the foolish</span>. So long as his afflictions continued, the psalmist would be an object of scorn to the fool and the un = godly. He prays, therefore, secondly, that the punishment of his sin may cease. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/39-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Deliver me</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצִּילֵ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my transgressions;</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּשָׁעַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(pə·šā·‘ay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Transgression</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">make me</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·śî·mê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the reproach</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶרְפַּ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥer·paṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of fools.</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֝בָ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḇāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5036.htm">Strong's 5036: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foolish, senseless</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/39-8.htm">Psalm 39:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/39-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/39-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 39:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 39:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/39-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 39:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 39:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>