Psalms 39:13
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 not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
- KJV
- O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
- WEB
- Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”
- ASV
- Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more. Psalm 40 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
- DARBY
- Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
- BLB
- Turn Your gaze from me, that I might be made glad, before I go [on] and am no more.”
- ÅB
- Se bort fra meg, så jeg kan lyse opp,
før jeg går herfra og ikke lenger er til!»
[^1]: En av levittene David satte til tempelmusikken. 1 Krøn 16,41–42; 25,1.3. - OTB
- Vend Ditt blikk fra meg, så jeg kan finne glede igjen
Før jeg drar bort og ikke er mer. - B1930
- Se bort fra mig, så mitt åsyn må bli opklaret, før jeg går herfra og er ikke mere!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 14:5–6
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Read in contextJob 10:20–21
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Read in contextJob 14:10–12
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Read in contextJob 7:19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Read in contextGenesis 5:24
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Read in contextGenesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
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