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39Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
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Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39)Here, 1. David prays against reproach , as before, Ps. 119:22. David was conscious to himself that he had done that which might give occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme , which would blemish his own reputation and turn to the dishonour of his family; now he prays that God, who has all men’s hearts and tongues in his hands, would be pleased to prevent this, to deliver him from all his…
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