Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!
Cross References
Genesis 21:34and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
Leviticus 25:23'And the land is not sold — to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for sojourners and settlers [are] ye with Me;
2 Kings 20:5'Turn back, and thou hast said unto Hezekiah, leader of My people: Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I give healing to thee, on the third day thou dost go up to the house of Jehovah;
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
Psalms 56:8My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?
Psalms 102:1A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.
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 →