Psalm 119:39

39 Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.

Psalm 119:39 in Other Translations

39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

39 Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good.

39 Help me abandon my shameful ways; for your regulations are good.

39 Deflect the harsh words of my critics - but what you say is always so good.

39 Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

39 Take away insults, which I dread, because your regulations are good.

39 Turn away the disgrace I dread; indeed, Your judgments are good.

39 Please don't let me be put to shame. Your laws are good.

Psalm 119:39 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:39

Turn away my reproach which I fear
Either for the sake of religion, which was disagreeable to him; and he might be afraid it would be too heavy for him to bear, and be a temptation to him to forsake the good ways of God: or rather by reason of sin, which brings a reproach on good men; and causes the enemy to speak reproachfully, and is therefore dreaded by them who desire to be kept from sin, for that reason as well as others; see ( Psalms 39:8 ) . Jarchi and Kimchi think that David has some reference to his sins, in the case of Uriah and Bathsheba; lest they should be a perpetual reproach on his name and family, which he greatly feared;

for thy judgments [are] good;
the laws of God, and punishment of sin according to them; the Scriptures, and the doctrines contained in them; the ways of God, and true religion; which are evil spoken of, through the sins of the professors of them.

Psalm 119:39 In-Context

37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.

38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.

39 Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.

40 How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.

41 May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;

Cross References

• 1. ver 22; Psalms 69:9; Psalms 89:51; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 51:7; Isaiah 54:4