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Psalm 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
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“All my transgressions” leaves no sin outside the plea for rescue, while the next sentence names the fear of being mocked by fools.
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Psalm 119:22Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.Both prayers ask God to remove reproach, though Psalm 39 names transgressions and Psalm 119 speaks of keeping God’s statutes.
Psalm 44:13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.Psalm 39 asks God to prevent reproach; Psalm 44 laments that God has made his people a reproach to their neighbors.
Psalm 51:14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.Both prayers ask God for deliverance from sin, with Psalm 51 naming the guilt of bloodshed.
Psalm 74:18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.Foolish people appear in both verses: Psalm 39 fears their reproach, while Psalm 74 names their blasphemy against God.
Joel 2:17Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, LORD, and don’t give your heritage to …Both prayers ask God to spare people from reproach, with Joel placing that plea on the lips of priests.
Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.The psalm asks God to deliver from transgressions; Micah describes God having compassion and casting sins away.
Joel 2:19The LORD answered his people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach …Psalm 39 asks God to prevent reproach; in Joel, God promises his people freedom from reproach among the nations.
2 Samuel 11:21Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near …The connection is slight: Psalm 39 fears reproach, while the report in Samuel anticipates blame for approaching a city wall.
Matthew 1:21She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”Psalm 39 asks for deliverance from transgressions; Matthew names Jesus as the one who will save his people from their sins.
2 Samuel 16:7–8Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!Psalm 39 fears becoming an object of reproach; Shimei’s curse in Samuel is a direct expression of reproach.
Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.Psalm 39 asks deliverance from all transgressions; Titus describes Christ giving himself to redeem his people from all iniquity.
Romans 2:23–24You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?Both texts concern wrongdoing and dishonor, though Psalm 39 fears personal reproach while Romans names dishonor done to God.
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You do not have to hide concern about disgrace when you confess sin. The psalm brings both guilt and feared reproach before God.
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