Psalms 39:10

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 my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me. 9I am silent before you; I won’t say a word, for my punishment is from you. But please stop striking me! I am exhausted by the blows from your hand. 11When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude 12Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. For I am your guest— a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.

Psalms 39:10 word by word

הָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Removeסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• thy strokeנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
• awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• from me: I am consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615
• by the blowתִּגְרָהtigrâh · strifeH8409
• of thine handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Psalms 39:10

• Psalms 25:16Turn to me and have mercy, for I am alone and in deep distress.
• 1 Samuel 6:5Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.
• Job 9:34The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
• Job 13:21Remove your heavy hand from me, and don’t terrify me with your awesome presence.
• Psalms 38:3Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.
• Job 40:8“Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?

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

Topics related to Psalms 39:10

• Afflictions and Adversities

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• Altogether
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• Jeduthun
• Measure
• Psalms
• Silence
• Vain
• Blow
• Dumb
• Pentateuch

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