Psalms 39:10
Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
In Context
9I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou — Thou hast done [it].
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3And Moses saith unto Aaron, 'It [is] that which Jehovah hath spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honoured;' and Aaron is silent.
Job 2:10And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.
Job 13:21Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.
Psalms 25:16Turn Thou unto me, and favour me, For lonely and afflicted [am] I.
Psalms 38:3Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not 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 →