Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
Parallel translations
- WEB Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
- KJV Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
- NKJV Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
- NASB “Save me from all my wrongdoings; Do not make me an object of reproach for the foolish.
- NLT Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me.
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Quick answer
David prays for deliverance from all his transgressions and from becoming a mockery to fools. He links his trouble to his sin and seeks pardon.
Overview
Recognizing sin as the deeper problem, David asks for forgiveness, not merely relief. He also desires that the foolish not scorn him in his fall. Deliverance from transgression is fully accomplished in Christ, who saves His people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).
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Cross-references · 18
- Ps 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
- Ps 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Mic 7:19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Joel 2:17Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
- Ps 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Ps 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
- Ps 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
- Ps 130:8And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
- Ps 25:18Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- Joel 2:19And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
- Ps 51:7–10Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Ps 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
- 2 Sam 16:7–8And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Ps 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- Matt 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Rom 2:23–24You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
- Ps 119:39Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
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