Psalms 39:12
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 39 connects to 10 cross-references. A psalm of David in which he resolves to keep silent to avoid sinning with his tongue but cannot contain himself. He asks God to show him the measure of his days and meditates on human transience — a breath, …
Other Translations
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And <FI>to<Fi> my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I <FI>am<Fi> with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
Cross References
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few …
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Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, …
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as …
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.