Psalms 39:8. Deliver me from all my transgressions:
That is a better prayer than if David had said, "Deliver me from all my sorrows." Now he has hit the very center of the target: "Deliver me from all my transgressions." So let each one of us pray at this moment, "O Lord, I do not ask to be saved from thy rod, but I do ask to be washed from my sin. Do what thou wilt with me, but do forgive me, do sanctify me, do let me be washed in the precious blood of Jesus. ‘Deliver me from all my transgressions.’"
Psalms 39:8. Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Do not let the wicked be able to say, "See the sadness of that man’s countenance, see how sullen he looks. His face is like a thundercloud, it is clear that a Christian has no joy." Let not the wicked be able to say that, my Lord; but save me from sin, and give me the full joy of thy salvation, and then they will not be able to reproach me.
Psalms 39:8. Deliver me from all my transgressions:
That is a better prayer than if David had said, "Deliver me from all my sorrows." Now he has hit the very center of the target: "Deliver me from all my transgressions." So let each one of us pray at this moment, "O Lord, I do not ask to be saved from thy rod, but I do ask to be washed from my sin. Do what thou wilt with me, but do forgive me, do sanctify me, do let me be washed in the precious blood of Jesus. ‘Deliver me from all my transgressions.’"
Psalms 39:8. Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Do not let the wicked be able to say, "See the sadness of that man’s countenance, see how sullen he looks. His face is like a thundercloud, it is clear that a Christian has no joy." Let not the wicked be able to say that, my Lord; but save me from sin, and give me the full joy of thy salvation, and then they will not be able to reproach me.