Psalms 39:13 · KJV
“O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.”
— Psalms 39:13
Psalms 39 — Context
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}
12Hear 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}.
13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Cross References
Job 10:20-21
{Are} not my days few? cease {then, and} let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 14:5-6
Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job 14:10-12
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}
Job 7:19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Genesis 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.
Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walked with God: and he {was} not; for God took him.