Psalms 39:12
(39-13) Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; keep not silence at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
13(39-14) Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'
Cross References
Genesis 21:34And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Leviticus 25:23And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.
2 Kings 20:5'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
Job 13:28Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Psalms 56:8(56-9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?
Psalms 102:1(102-1) A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. (102-2) O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto Thee.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:8-13
Confidence in God; David Pleading with God. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear unto my cry; hold… Read the whole commentary →