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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:39 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:39 |
Strong Concordance |
Turn away [05674] my reproach [02781] which I fear [03025]: for thy judgments [04941] are good [02896]. |
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King James |
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Our hope of freedom from the reproach of inconsistency is in God's power, quickening us to live according to His Word, which He leads us to love.
for thy judgments are good--The time must therefore be at hand when Thy justice will turn the "reproach" from Thy Church upon the world (Isa 25:8; Isa 66:5; Zep 2:8-10). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Turn away my reproach - The reproach which is likely to come upon me from being a professed worshipper of God. In all ages good men have been exposed to this reproach.
Which I fear - Which I have reason to apprehend will come upon me. This may not mean that he was personally afraid of it, but merely that he had reason to apprehend that he was exposed to it. The prayer is proper, for there is nothing which our nature makes us shrink back from more than reproach. Compare Psa 119:22; Psa 69:9, Psa 69:20; Rom 15:3; Co2 12:10. The word repreach in the original is the same which denotes shame or dishonor.
For thy judgments are good - Thy statutes; thy laws. I know they are good. I feel that I desire to obey them. I pray, therefore, that obedience on my part to that which is good may not subject me to shame; that people may see that thy laws are good, and that it is not a matter of reproach to obey them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I fear - For my instability in thy ways; which in respect to my own weakness, I have great cause to fear. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Turn away my reproach, which I fear - This may be understood of the reproach which a man may meet with in consequence of living a godly life, for such a life was never fashionable in any time or country. But I have found the following note on the passage: "I have done a secret evil; my soul is sorry for it: if it become public, it will be a heavy reproach to me. O God, turn it away, and let it never meet the eye of man!" - Anon. |
8 I have heard [08085] the reproach [02781] of Moab [04124], and the revilings [01421] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], whereby they have reproached [02778] my people [05971], and magnified [01431] themselves against their border [01366].
9 Therefore as I live [02416], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], Surely Moab [04124] shall be as Sodom [05467], and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] as Gomorrah [06017], even the breeding [04476] of nettles [02738], and saltpits [04379] [04417], and a perpetual [05704] [05769] desolation [08077]: the residue [07611] of my people [05971] shall spoil [0962] them, and the remnant [03499] of my people [01471] shall possess [05157] them.
10 This shall they have for their pride [01347], because they have reproached [02778] and magnified [01431] themselves against the people [05971] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
5 Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], ye that tremble [02730] at his word [01697]; Your brethren [0251] that hated [08130] you, that cast you out [05077] for my name's [08034] sake, said [0559], Let the LORD [03068] be glorified [03513]: but he shall appear [07200] to your joy [08057], and they shall be ashamed [0954].
8 He will swallow up [01104] death [04194] in victory [05331]; and the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] will wipe away [04229] tears [01832] from off all faces [06440]; and the rebuke [02781] of his people [05971] shall he take away [05493] from off all the earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
10 Therefore [1352] I take pleasure [2106] in [1722] infirmities [769], in [1722] reproaches [5196], in [1722] necessities [318], in [1722] persecutions [1375], in [1722] distresses [4730] for [5228] Christ's [5547] sake [5228]: for [1063] when [3752] I am weak [770], then [5119] am [1510] I strong [1415].
3 For [1063] even [2532] Christ [5547] pleased [700] not [3756] himself [1438]; but [235], as [2531] it is written [1125], The reproaches [3680] of them that reproached [3679] thee [4571] fell [1968] on [1909] me [1691].
20 Reproach [02781] hath broken [07665] my heart [03820]; and I am full of heaviness [05136]: and I looked [06960] for some to take pity [05110], but there was none; and for comforters [05162], but I found [04672] none.
9 For the zeal [07068] of thine house [01004] hath eaten me up [0398]; and the reproaches [02781] of them that reproached [02778] thee are fallen [05307] upon me.
22 Remove [01556] from me reproach [02781] and contempt [0937]; for I have kept [05341] thy testimonies [05713].