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

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

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

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

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

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

12 Hear 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.

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

Original words

And now וְעַתָּ֣ה H6258 Conjunctive waw | Adverb O Lord אֲדֹנָ֑י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular for what מַה־ H4100 Interrogative do I wait קִּוִּ֣יתִי H6960 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular My hope is תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗י H8431 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular in לְךָ֣ Preposition | second person masculine singular You הִֽיא׃ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

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

Original words

Deliver me הַצִּילֵ֑נִי H5337 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular from all מִכָּל־ H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct my transgressions פְּשָׁעַ֥י H6588 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular do not אַל־ H408 Adverb make me תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃ H7760 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular the reproach חֶרְפַּ֥ת H2781 Noun - feminine singular construct of fools נָ֝בָ֗ל H5036 Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 9

Cross-references

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

Original words

I have become mute נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי H481 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular I do not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle open אֶפְתַּח־ H6605 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular my mouth פִּ֑י H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular because [of what] כִּ֖י H3588 Conjunction You אַתָּ֣ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular have done עָשִֽׂיתָ׃ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular

Verse 10

Cross-references

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

Original words

Remove הָסֵ֣ר H5493 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Your scourge נִגְעֶ֑ךָ H5061 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular from me מֵעָלַ֣י H5921 Preposition-m | first person common singular I אֲנִ֣י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am perishing כָלִֽיתִי׃ H3615 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular by the force מִתִּגְרַ֥ת H8409 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of Your hand יָ֝דְךָ֗ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

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

Original words

You discipline יִסַּ֬רְתָּ H3256 Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular and correct בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת H8433 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural a man אִ֗ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular for עַל־ H5921 Preposition his iniquity עָוֺ֨ן׀ H5771 Noun - common singular consuming וַתֶּ֣מֶס H4529 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular like a moth כָּעָ֣שׁ H6211 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular what he holds dear חֲמוּד֑וֹ H2530 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular surely אַ֤ךְ H389 Adverb each כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct man אָדָ֣ם H120 Noun - masculine singular [is] but a vapor הֶ֖בֶל H1892 Noun - masculine singular Selah סֶֽלָה׃ H5542 Interjection

Verse 12

Cross-references

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

Original words

Hear שִֽׁמְעָ֥ה־ H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular my prayer תְפִלָּתִ֨י׀ H8605 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular O LORD יְהוָ֡ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and give ear הַאֲזִינָה֮ H238 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular to my cry for help וְשַׁוְעָתִ֨י׀ H7775 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular do not אַֽל־ H408 Adverb be deaf תֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ H2790 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular to אֶֽל־ H413 Preposition my weeping דִּמְעָתִ֗י H1832 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular For כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction I אָנֹכִ֣י H595 Pronoun - first person common singular am a foreigner גֵ֣ר H1616 Noun - masculine singular dwelling with You עִמָּ֑ךְ H5973 Preposition | second person feminine singular a stranger תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב H8453 Noun - masculine singular like all כְּכָל־ H3605 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct my fathers אֲבוֹתָֽי׃ H1 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

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

Original words

Turn Your gaze הָשַׁ֣ע H8159 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular away from me מִמֶּ֣נִּי H4480 Preposition | first person common singular that I may again be cheered וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה H1082 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular before בְּטֶ֖רֶם H2962 Preposition-b | Adverb I depart אֵלֵ֣ךְ H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular and am no more וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb | first person common singular

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