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Psalms 39:10
10Remove your torment from me. Because of the force of your hand I am finished.
Psalms 39:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
- New International Version (NIV)Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
Context of Psalms 39:10
8Rescue me from all my transgressions; do not make me the taunt of fools. 9I am speechless; I do not open my mouth because of what you have done. Remove your torment from me. Because of the force of your hand I am finished. 11You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; yes, every human being is only a vapor.Selah 12“Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help; do not be silent at my tears. For I am here with you as an alien, a temporary resident like all my ancestors.
Read all of Psalms 39Psalms 39:10 word by word
הָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 39:10
- Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and afflicted.
- 1 Samuel 6:5Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God, and perhaps he will stop oppressing you, your gods, and your land.
- Job 9:34Let him take his rod away from me so his terror will no longer frighten me.
- Job 13:21remove your hand from me, and do not let your terror frighten me.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
- Job 40:8Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself?
Commentaries on Psalms 39:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Remove thy stroke away from me - This seems to be a figure taken from gladiators, or persons contending in single combat. One is wounded so as to be able to maintain the fight no longer: he therefore gives in, and prays his adversary to spare his life. I am conquered; I can hold the contest no longer: thou art too powerful for me. He cries what our ancestors used to term craven; the word spoken by him who was conquered in the battle ordeal, or trial by…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Remove thy stroke away from me - And yet this calm submission, as expressed in Psalm 39:9, does not take away the desire that the hand of God may be removed, and that the suffering that is brought upon us may cease. Perfect submission is not inconsistent with the prayer that, if it be the will of God, the calamity may be removed: Luke 22:42. On the word here rendered “stroke” - נגע nega‛ - see the notes at Psalm 38:11. It is equivalent here to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing but vanity, may God deliver us from having or seeking our portion in it. When creature-confidences fail, it is our comfort that we have a God to go to, a God to trust in. We may see a good God doing all, and ordering all events concerning us; and a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The psalmist links suffering with God’s discipline, assuming that it is punishment for his sin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. Patiently submissive, he prays for the removal of his chastisement, and that he may not be a reproach.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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