Psalms 119:39

119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

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

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Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.

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

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

119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

What does Psalms 119:39 mean?

Psalms 119:39 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָבַר (ʻâbar), חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh), יָגֹר (yâgôr).

Hebrew interlinear

Turn

awayעָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh/kher-paw'/H2781contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

which

fear:יָגֹרyâgôr/yaw-gore'/H3025to fear

for

thy

judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

are

good.טוֹבṭôwb/tobe/H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:39.

2 Samuel 19:38

And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. require: Heb. choose

Amos 6:2

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

Numbers 14:7

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

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What does Psalms 119:39 say?

Psalms 119:39 (King James Version) reads: "Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good."

Is Psalms 119:39 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:39 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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