Psalms 39:13

recover strength. be comforted. Hebrew "brighten up".

Related Commentaries of Psalms 39:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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;” an...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 co...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 sh...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. O spare me - Take me not from this state of probation till I have a thoro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 angr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin ( Psalms 39:9-11 ), has impressed him with th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 39:1-13 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in sile...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Fleeting Measure of Our Days Psalms 39:1-13 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The pres...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the precedi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 eleg...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 sojou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 whe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, ref...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God; David Pleading with God. 7 And now, Lord, what wai...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 kno...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 perfe...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 hi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 3...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 tria...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 Da...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 henc...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 42:36 ; Genesis 5:24 ; Job 10:20 ; Job 10:21 ; Job 14:10-12 ; Job 14:5 ; Job 14:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No more — Among the living, or in this world.

¹³ O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 39:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 39:13