Focused Passage

Psalms 39:7-13

Numbering Fleeting Days While Hoping in the Lord

resolved silence before the wicked -> burning sorrow before God -> petition to know life's brevity -> reflection on human vapor-like existence -> hope in the Lord -> plea for deliverance and mercy under discipline -> final sojourner prayer before departing life

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

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

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

12Hear 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.

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

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References and Original Words

Verse 7

Cross-references

Romans 15:13Classic cross-references Psalms 38:15Classic cross-references Isaiah 8:17Classic cross-references Lamentations 3:25Classic cross-references Psalms 119:81Classic cross-references

Original words

And nowוְעַתָּ֣הH6258Conjunctive waw | AdverbO Lordאֲדֹנָ֑יH136Noun - proper - masculine singularfor whatמַה־H4100Interrogativedo I waitקִּוִּ֣יתִיH6960Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularMy hope isתּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗יH8431Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularinלְךָ֣Preposition | second person masculine singularYouהִֽיא׃H1931Pronoun - third person feminine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

Psalms 119:22Classic cross-references Psalms 44:13Classic cross-references Psalms 51:14Classic cross-references Psalms 74:18Classic cross-references Joel 2:17Classic cross-references

Original words

Deliver meהַצִּילֵ֑נִיH5337Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singularfrom allמִכָּל־H3605Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructmy transgressionsפְּשָׁעַ֥יH6588Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singulardo notאַל־H408Adverbmake meתְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃H7760Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singularthe reproachחֶרְפַּ֥תH2781Noun - feminine singular constructof foolsנָ֝בָ֗לH5036Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 9

Cross-references

Acts 8:32Classic cross-references Ezekiel 16:63Classic cross-references Job 1:21Classic cross-references Job 2:10Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 3:18Classic cross-references

Original words

I have become muteנֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּיH481Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singularI do notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particleopenאֶפְתַּח־H6605Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularmy mouthפִּ֑יH6310Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularbecause [of what]כִּ֖יH3588ConjunctionYouאַתָּ֣הH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularhave doneעָשִֽׂיתָ׃H6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular

Verse 10

Cross-references

Job 9:34Classic cross-references Job 13:21Classic cross-references Psalms 32:4Classic cross-references Psalms 25:16Classic cross-references Psalms 38:3Classic cross-references

Original words

Removeהָסֵ֣רH5493Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularYour scourgeנִגְעֶ֑ךָH5061Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularfrom meמֵעָלַ֣יH5921Preposition-m | first person common singularIאֲנִ֣יH589Pronoun - first person common singularam perishingכָלִֽיתִי׃H3615Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularby the forceמִתִּגְרַ֥תH8409Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructof Your handיָ֝דְךָ֗H3027Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

Job 13:28Classic cross-references Psalms 39:5Classic cross-references Psalms 80:16Classic cross-references Hebrews 12:6Classic cross-references Isaiah 50:9Classic cross-references

Original words

You disciplineיִסַּ֬רְתָּH3256Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularand correctבְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹתH8433Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plurala manאִ֗ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularforעַל־H5921Prepositionhis iniquityעָוֺ֨ן׀H5771Noun - common singularconsumingוַתֶּ֣מֶסH4529Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singularlike a mothכָּעָ֣שׁH6211Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularwhat he holds dearחֲמוּד֑וֹH2530Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularsurelyאַ֤ךְH389Adverbeachכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructmanאָדָ֣םH120Noun - masculine singular[is] but a vaporהֶ֖בֶלH1892Noun - masculine singularSelahסֶֽלָה׃H5542Interjection

Verse 12

Cross-references

Psalms 56:8Classic cross-references 2 Kings 20:5Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:11Classic cross-references Hebrews 11:13Classic cross-references Psalms 119:19Classic cross-references

Original words

Hearשִֽׁמְעָ֥ה־H8085Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularmy prayerתְפִלָּתִ֨י׀H8605Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularO LORDיְהוָ֡הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularand give earהַאֲזִינָה֮H238Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularto my cry for helpוְשַׁוְעָתִ֨י׀H7775Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singulardo notאַֽל־H408Adverbbe deafתֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁH2790Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singulartoאֶֽל־H413Prepositionmy weepingדִּמְעָתִ֗יH1832Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularForכִּ֤יH3588ConjunctionIאָנֹכִ֣יH595Pronoun - first person common singularam a foreignerגֵ֣רH1616Noun - masculine singulardwelling with Youעִמָּ֑ךְH5973Preposition | second person feminine singulara strangerתּ֝וֹשָׁ֗בH8453Noun - masculine singularlike allכְּכָל־H3605Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructmy fathersאֲבוֹתָֽי׃H1Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Job 10:20Classic cross-references Job 14:10Classic cross-references Job 14:5Classic cross-references Job 14:6Classic cross-references Job 7:19Classic cross-references

Original words

Turn Your gazeהָשַׁ֣עH8159Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularaway from meמִמֶּ֣נִּיH4480Preposition | first person common singularthat I may again be cheeredוְאַבְלִ֑יגָהH1082Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularbeforeבְּטֶ֖רֶםH2962Preposition-b | AdverbI departאֵלֵ֣ךְH1980Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularand am no moreוְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃H369Conjunctive waw | Adverb | first person common singular

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