Psalms 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent,—For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

11When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. [Selah.]

13Look away from me that I may brighten up, Ere yet I depart and am no more.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:34So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

Leviticus 25:23The land moreover shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land,—for, sojourners and settlers, ye are with me.

2 Kings 20:5Return, and thou shalt say unto Hezekiah the leader of my people—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears,—Behold me! about to heal thee, On the third day, shalt thou go up unto the house of Yahweh;

Job 13:28And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

Psalms 56:8My wandering, hast, thou, recorded,—Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?

Psalms 102:1O Yahweh, hear thou my prayer, and let, my cry for help, unto thee, enter in.

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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