Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 39:13
Spare me] lit. 'look away from me,' 'avert thy frown.' Recover strength] lit. 'brighten up.' The day of life may be short, but the Psalmist seeks for sunshine while it lasts.
Spare me] lit. 'look away from me,' 'avert thy frown.' Recover strength] lit. 'brighten up.' The day of life may be short, but the Psalmist seeks for sunshine while it lasts.
Verse Psalms 39:13. _O SPARE ME_] Take me not from this _state_ of _probation_ till I have a thorough preparation for a _state of blessedness_. This he terms _recovering his strength _- being restore...
O SPARE ME - The word used here - from שׁעה _shâ‛âh_ - means “to look;” and then, in connection with the preposition, “to look away from;” and it here means, “Look away from me;” that is, Do not com...
Psalms 39 Deep Soul Exercise in View of Man's Frailty and Nothingness _ 1. The vanity of life (Psalms 39:1)_ 2. Self-judgment and prayer (Psalms 39:7) This Psalm is connected closely with the prec...
XXXIX. PRAYER OF A PIOUS ISRAELITE IN DISTRESS. Psalms 39:3. The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous government of t...
RECOVER STRENGTH. be comforted. Hebrew "brighten up"....
Petition for relief (10, 11) and respite (12, 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. Para...
PSALMS 39 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Lament and Prayer of a Divinely Stricken One. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 39:1-3, How the Stricken One's Resolve to be Silent is Broken. Stanza II., Psalms 39:4-6, La...
_O SPARE ME, THAT I MAY RECOVER STRENGTH, BEFORE I GO HENCE, AND BE NO MORE._ O spare me - literally, 'look away from me;' 'turn away (thy angry look) from me' х_ HAASHA`_ (H8159) _ MIMENIY_ (H4480)]...
39:13 strength, (e-9) Or 'brighten up,' as Job 9:27 ; Job 10:20 ....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
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 a...
_[Psalms 39:14]_ הָשַׁ֣ע מִמֶּ֣נִּי וְ אַבְלִ֑יגָה בְּ...
Psalms 39:1 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but the rush of emotion had burst the floodgates. Th...
THE FLEETING MEASURE OF OUR DAYS Psalms 39:1 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...
Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
O spare me, that I may recover strength, (k) before I go hence, and be no more. (k) For his sorrow caused him to think that God would destroy him completely, by which we see how hard it is for the sa...
My iniquities. That is, the sins of all mankind, which I have taken upon me. (Challoner) (Calmet) --- The sins even of those who believe, are so numerous, that they cannot be seen in particular. We ma...
REFLECTIONS READER! let our improvements on this solemn meditation of the Psalmist, (for we are all, as men, equally interested in it), lead out our thoughts upon the same necessary subject. Have we e...
I have made no break or interruption in these verses, because the subject through the whole is one and the same. Under several very striking and elegant similitudes, the Psalmist in his prayer shows t...
_THE PILGRIM’S PRAYER_ ‘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 ma...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
13_Let me alone, that I may recover strength. _Literally, it is, _cease from me, _and therefore some explain it, Let there be a wall raised betwixt us, that thy hand may not reach me. Others read, as...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39. Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the upright, and forgivene...
O SPARE ME,.... Or "look from me" f; turn away thy fierce countenance from me; or "cease from me g, and let me alone"; as in Job 10:20; from whence the words seem to be taken, by what follows: THAT...
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. Ver. 13. _O spare me, that I may recover strength_] _Ut refociller, reficiar._ Job maketh the like request, Job 10:20. Some...
_O spare me_ Hebrew, השׁע ממני, _hashang, memenni Desiste a me, desist_, or _cease from me_, that is, from afflicting me: do not destroy me; my life at best is short, and full of trouble, and thou kno...
O spare me, turning from him the look of His angry face, that I MAY RECOVER STRENGTH, being cheered in the midst of his troubles, BEFORE I GO HENCE AND BE NO MORE. Instead of being bound under wrath a...
THE BELIEVER'S ATTITUDE IN VIEW OF THE APPARENT HAPPINESS OF THE GODLESS. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, or Ethan, the name of one of David's chief choristers, who was the leader of a famil...
7-13 There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing...
SPARE ME; or, _cease from me_, i.e. from afflicting me; do not destroy me. My life at best is but short and miserable, as I have said, and thou knowest; sufficient for it is the evil thereof: do not a...
Psalms 39:13 gaze H8159 (H8685) strength H1082 (H8686) away H3212 (H8799) spare - Job 10
Psalms 39:13 These are the closing words of the most beautiful of sacred elegies. It is the pathetic utterance of a heart not yet subdued to perfect resignation, yet jealous with a holy jealousy lest...
This Psalm gives a description of David's experience and conduct when stretched upon a sick-bed. He appears to have felt impatience working within him, which I am sorry to say is a very common disease...
CONTENTS: The psalmist, bowed down with sorrow and sickness, is burdened with unbelieving thoughts and prays for help. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should not feed the fire of discontent b...
This psalm is inscribed _to Jeduthun,_ leader of one of the choral bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41; and bears the name of David. Psalms 39:5. _Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,_ which...
_O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence and be no more! _ A PRAYER IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH I. A departure anticipated. Death is clearly referred to, not annihilation. The text su...
_I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle._ THOUGHT AND PRAYER UNDER TRIAL I. Thought under trial. 1. Its utterance repress...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:1. This psalm allows those who are suffering to express their confusion to God. The circumstances of the suffering are left vague, although there is acknowledgment of sin...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:7 The singer asks God to DELIVER him FROM ALL his TRANSGRESSIONS, thus admitting that he deserves God’s REBUKES FOR SIN....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” _Jeduthun_ was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the time of David (1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:6...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his wicked enemies ready to make use of them against him, has...
Psa 39:1-13. Jeduthun was one of David's musicians, as was Asaph. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me...
Genesis 42:36; Genesis 5:24; Job 10:20; Job 10:21; Job 14:10;...
No more — Among the living, or in this world....