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Psalm 39:12 KJV
Psalms · chapter 39 · verse 12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.Psalm 39:12 · King James Version
Psalm 39:12 in context
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sojournertôwshâbresident alienH8453 →
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- prayertᵉphillâhintercession, supplicationH8605 →
- peacechârashto scratchH2790 →
- tearsdimʻâhweepingH1832 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend all the comforts of life, here, in these verses, turns his eyes and heart heaven-ward.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13