King James Version
Psalms 39:13 in the King James Version says “O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 39 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.”
Psalms 39:13 · KJV
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
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.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“O spare”
H8159to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewil
“me that I may recover strength”
H1082to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e., desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)
“before I go hence”
H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
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