Psalms 39:13

Psalms 39:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
• New International Version (NIV)Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.”

Context of Psalms 39:13

11With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes. Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. Selah 12Listen to my prayer, O Lord. Open your ear to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my tears, for I am a foreign resident with you, a stranger like all my ancestors. Look away from me so that I may smile again before I go away and am no more.

Psalms 39:13 word by word

הָשַׁ֣ע מִמֶּ֣נִּי וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה בְּטֶ֖רֶם אֵלֵ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O spareשָׁעָהshâ‛âh · to gazeH8159
• me, that I may recover strengthבָּלַגbâlag · be cheerfulH1082
• before I go henceיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212

Cross-references for Psalms 39:13

• Job 10:20“ ‘Isn’t my life short enough? So stop ⌞this⌟, and leave me alone. Let me smile a little
• Job 14:5If the number of his days and the number of his months are determined by you, and you set his limit, then he cannot go past it.
• Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God; then he was gone because God took him.
• Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You’re going to make me lose all my children! Joseph is no longer with us, Simeon is no longer with us, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything’s against me!”
• Job 14:10But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?

Commentaries on Psalms 39:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13O spare me - Take me not from this state of probation till I have a thorough preparation for a state of blessedness. This he terms recovering his strength - being restored to the favor and image of God, from which he had fallen. This should be the daily cry of every human spirit: Restore me to thine image, guide me by thy counsel, and then reeeive me to thy glory!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13O spare me - The word used here - from שׁעה shâ‛âh - means “to look;” and then, in connection with the preposition, “to look away from;” and it here means, “Look away from me;” that is, Do not come to inflict death on me. Preserve me. The idea is this: God seemed to have fixed his eyes on him, and to be pursuing him with the expressions of his displeasure (compare Job 16:9); and the psalmist now prays that he would “turn away his eyes,” and leave him…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. 13Earlier, the psalmist asked God to stay close to him (Psalm 8:21–22). Now, he wants God to leave him alone. This is similar to how Job felt (Job 7:17–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. Consonant with the tenor of the Psalm, he prays for God's compassionate regard to him as a stranger here; and that, as such was the condition of his fathers, so, like them, he may be cheered instead of being bound under wrath and chastened in displeasure.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 39:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death

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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