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Salmos 119:39
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Quita de mí el oprobio que me causa temor, porque tus juicios son buenos.
Quita de m� el oprobio que he temido; porque buenos son tus juicios.
Quita de m� el oprobio que he temido, porque buenos son tus juicios.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Turn: Psalms 119:22, Psalms 119:31, Psalms 39:8, Psalms 57:3, 2 Samuel 12:14, 1 Timothy 3:7, 1 Timothy 5:14, Titus 2:8
for thy: Psalms 119:20, Psalms 119:43, Psalms 119:75, Psalms 119:123, Psalms 119:131, Psalms 19:9, Deuteronomy 4:8, Isaiah 26:8, Romans 2:2, Revelation 19:2
Reciprocal: Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away Proverbs 25:10 - thine
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 Psalms 119:22; Psalms 69:9, Psalms 69:20; Romans 15:3; 2 Corinthians 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 119:39. 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.
