Psalms 39:10
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
In Context
9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
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 →