King James Version
What Does Psalms 39:10 Mean?
“Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. blow: Heb. conflict”
Context
8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. blow: Heb. conflict
11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. his: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(10) **Stroke.**—See Note to Psalm 38:11.
**Blow.**—Margin, “conflict.” A word only found here; from a root meaning *rough. *LXX. and Vulg. have “strength.”
Calvin’s last words are said to have been a reminiscence of this verse.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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Cross-References
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