Psalms 39:10
But remove from me thine infliction; For I am perishing by the blow of thine hand.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
In Context
9Yet I am dumb; I open not my mouth; For thou hast done it!
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou talkest like one of the foolish women. What! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.
Job 13:21Let not thy hand be heavy upon me, And let not thy terrors make me afraid:
Psalms 25:16Look upon me, and pity me; For I am desolate and afflicted!
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor 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 →