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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:39

In 11 translations

BSB
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
KJV
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
WEB
Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
ASV
Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
LSV
Remove my reproach that I have feared, || For Your judgments [are] good.
YLT
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
DBY
Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.
DRC118:39
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
GNV
Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
JPS
Turn away my reproach which I dread; for Thine ordinances are good.
LXXE118:39
Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הַעֲבֵ֣ר חֶ֭רְפָּתִי אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָגֹ֑רְתִּי כִּ֖י מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִֽים׃
LXX-Br118:39
Περίελε τὸν ὄνειδισμόν μου ὃν ὑπώπτευσα, ὅτι τὰ κρίματά σου χρηστά.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Titus 2:8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us.
  • Psalms 119:22Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
  • 1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
  • Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
  • Psalms 39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
  • Romans 2:2And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
  • Psalms 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.
  • Isaiah 26:8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
  • Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
  • Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
  • Psalms 119:43Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
  • Psalms 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
  • 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
  • Psalms 119:123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
  • Psalms 19:9The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
  • Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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