Psalms 39:13

O spare me So Jerome, parce mihi. But more exactly, Look away from me. Cheyne renders, -avert thy frown."

that I may recover strength Lit. brighten up, as the sky when the clouds clear.

Parallels for every phrase in the verse are to be found in Job. See Job 7:19; Job 14:6; Job 10:20-21; Job 7:8 (R.V.).

It is, as Delitzsch remarks, the heroic character of Old Testament faith, that in the midst of the enigmas of life, and in full view of the deep gloom enshrouding the future, it throws itself unconditionally into the arms of God.