Psalm 39:8
“Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 39Meaning
Deliver me from my transgressions and do not make me the scorn of fools; confession seeks restoration without accepting humiliation or abuse as deserved.
Hope, confession, and discipline
Verses 7–11 place hope in God, confess sin, seek deliverance, and wrestle with discipline without making suffering a universal diagnostic of guilt.
Read carefully
Deliver me from my transgressions and do not make me the scorn of fools; confession seeks restoration without accepting humiliation or abuse as deserved.
Reflection
Deliver me from my transgressions and do not make me the scorn of fools; confession seeks restoration without accepting humiliation or abuse as deserved.