King James Version
What Does Psalms 39:13 Mean?
“O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.”
Context
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.
13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(13) **Recover strength.**—Better, *Let me become cheerful, i.e., *look up with a glad look once more on my face, as the angry look fades from the Divine countenance.
**Before.**—Literally, *before I go, and am not. *All the words and phrases of this last verse occur in the Book of Job. (See Job 7:8; Job 7:19; Job 7:21; Job 14:6; Job 10:20-21.)
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
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Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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