Psalms 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
KJV
Quoniam circumdederunt me mala quorum non est numerus ; comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei, et cor meum dereliquit me.
Vulgate
ὅτι περιέσχον με κακὰ ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός, κατέλαβόν με αἱ ἀνομίαι μου, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνάσθην τοῦ βλέπειν· ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς μου, καὶ ἡ καρδία μου ἐνκατέλιπέν με.
LXX
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
ASV
שִֽׁמְעָ֥/ה תְפִלָּתִ֨/י יְהוָ֡ה וְ/שַׁוְעָתִ֨/י הַאֲזִינָ/ה֮ אֶֽל דִּמְעָתִ֗/י אַֽל תֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ כִּ֤י גֵ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י עִמָּ֑/ךְ תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב כְּ/כָל אֲבוֹתָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Gen 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
- Gen 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Job 7:9 — As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
- Job 7:16 — I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
- Job 7:19 — How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
- Job 10:20 — Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
- Job 10:20 — Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
- Job 14:5 — Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
- Job 14:6 — Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
- Job 14:10 — But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- Ps 102:24 — I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.