Psalms 39:13
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 42:36Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
Leviticus 25:23“‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
1 Chronicles 29:15For we are strangers before you and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
Job 10:20Aren’t my days few? Stop! Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
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 →