Psalms 39:12

¹⁰ Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

¹¹ You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

¹³ Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
ASV: Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
DARBY: Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
BLB: hear my prayer, O YHWH, and turn your ear to my cry; at my tears may You not be silent! For I [am] a sojourner with You, a sojourner like all my fathers.

ÅB: «Hør bønnen min, Herre, og vend øret til ropet mitt!
Ikke vær døv for tårene mine!
for jeg er en fremmed hos deg,
en gjest som alle fedrene mine.
OTB: Hør min bønn, Herre, og lytt til mitt rop om hjelp;
Ikke ignorer mine tårer;
For jeg er en fremmed hos Deg,
En vandrer som alle mine forfedre.
B1930: Hør min bønn, Herre, og vend øret til mitt rop, ti ikke til min gråt! for jeg er en fremmed hos dig, en gjest som alle mine fedre.

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Cross references

1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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Hebrews 11:13
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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2 Kings 20:5
“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
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Leviticus 25:23
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
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Psalms 116:3
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
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Genesis 47:9
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
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Psalms 119:19
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
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Psalms 56:8
You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
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