The Meaning of Psalms 39:13 Explained

Psalms 39:13

KJV: O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

YLT: Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

Darby: Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.

ASV: Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 39:13?

MEANING: What does Psalms 39:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 39:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 39:13?

What is the context of Psalms 39:13?

Psalm 39 .[ a .] (Psalms 39:1-13)
A Prayer about Life’s Priorities (Psalms 39:1-13)
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness (Psalms 39:1-13)
What Is the Measure of My Days? (Psalms 39:1-13)
The Fleeting Nature of Life (Psalms 39:1-13)
The Brevity of Human Life (Psalms 39:1-13)
The Vanity of Life. (Psalms 39:1-13)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

What does Psalms 39:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 39:1-13 - The Fleeting Measure Of Our Days

In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to the depths, but he carefully refrained from speech. There are hot moments in our lives, when we do well not to say what is in our hearts. But if our feelings demand a vent, let us get alone and speak out our hearts to God. A softer tone settles on heart and tongue, when we reach His holy presence.

How frail we are, not only in our life, but in our moods! We need not fear men; they are but for a moment; as a breath that curls up in the frosty air, or as a shadow sweeping across the mountainside. Only God abides. Man is vanity; his pride and beauty are like a bursting soap-bubble; he is a stranger and pilgrim along this bank and shoal of time. But the child of the Eternal God is a guest with him, Psalms 39:12. He travels in our company. He makes Himself responsible for our well-being. He will bring us safely home as He did all our "fathers." [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 39

¹ David's care of his thoughts
⁴ The consideration of the brevity and vanity of life
⁷ the reverence of God's judgments
¹⁰ and prayer, are his bridles of impatience

What do the individual words in Psalms 39:13 mean?

Remove Your gaze from me that I may regain strength Before I go away and am no more

הָשַׁ֣ע מִמֶּ֣נִּי וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה בְּטֶ֖רֶם אֵלֵ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶֽנִּי

הָשַׁ֣ע	Remove Your gaze
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular Root: שָׁעָה Sense: to look at or to, regard, gaze at or about.
מִמֶּ֣נִּי	from me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
וְאַבְלִ֑יגָה	that I may regain strength
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular Root: בָּלַג Sense: to gleam, smile.
בְּטֶ֖רֶם	Before
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb Root: טֶרֶם Sense: before, not yet, before that.
אֵלֵ֣ךְ	I go away
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
וְאֵינֶֽנִּי	and am no more
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, first person common singular Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.

What are the major concepts related to Psalms 39:13?

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