Psalms 39:12

For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

In Context

11But you, Lord, remove not your compassion far from me; your mercy and your truth have helped me continually. 1

13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw near to help me. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 21:34And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.

Leviticus 25:23And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because you⌃ are strangers and sojourners before me.

2 Kings 20:5Turn back, and you shall say to Ezekias the ruler of my people, Thus says the Lord God of your father David, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

Job 13:28I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.

Psalms 56:8Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will awake early. 1

Psalms 102:1Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 1

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 →

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