Psalms 39:10

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Remove	הָסֵ֣ר ha.Ser	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
stroke	נִגְעֶ֑ךָ nig.'E.kha	H5061	a blow (figuratively · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
away	סוּר çûwr	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative)
consumed	כָלִֽיתִי kha.Li.ti	H3615	to end · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
blow	מִתִּגְרַ֥ת mi.tig.Rat	H8409	strife · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
hand	יָ֝דְךָ֗ ya.de.kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Job 9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Job 13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Psalms 25:16-17 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalms 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalms 38:3-4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
1 Samuel 6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: p…
Job 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:7–end

The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend all the comforts of life, here, in these verses, turns his eyes and heart heaven-ward. When there is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature it is to be found in God, and in communion with him; and to him we should be driven by our disappointments in the world. David here expresses, I. His dependence on God, Psa 39:7. Seeing all is vanity, and man himself is so, 1. He despairs of a happiness in the things of the world, and disclaims all expectations from it: "Now, Lord, what wait I for? Even nothing from the things of sense and time; I have nothing to wish for, n…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 39:8

Patiently submissive, he prays for the removal of his chastisement, and that he may not be a reproach.

John Gill on Psalms 39:10

Remove thy stroke away from me,.... The psalmist still considers his affliction as coming from the hand of God, as his stroke upon him, and which lay as a heavy burden on him, and which God only could remove; and to him he applies for the removal of it, who is to be sought unto by his people to do such things for them; nor is such an application any ways contrary to that silence and patience before expressed; I am consumed by the blow of thine hand; meaning either that his flesh was consumed by his affliction, which came from the hand of God, or he should be consumed if he did not remove it: he could not bear up under it, but must sink and die; if he continued to strive and contend with him…

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John Calvin on Psalms 39:10-11

Psalm 39:10-11 10. Take away thy stroke from me: I have failed [or fainted] by the blow of thy hand. 11. Thou chastisest man with rebukes for his iniquity; and as a moth, thou makest his excellency to consume away: surely every man is vanity. Selah. 10 Take away thy stroke from me. David here confirms the prayer which he had already presented, namely, that having obtained pardon from God, he might, at the same time, be gently dealt with by him. This prayer, however, does not disturb the silence of which he had just made mention; for our desires and prayers, if they are framed according to the rule of God's word, are not inconsiderate and noisy so as to provoke the divine displeasure agains…

The Church Fathers

"Remove Your stroke away from me" [Psalm 39:10]. Because it is "Thou that hast made me," let it not be Your pleasure to destroy me utterly; scourge, so that I may be made better, not so that I faint; beat me, so that I may be beaten out to a greater length and breadth, not so that I may be ground to powder. "By the heaviness of Your hand I fainted in corrections." That is, I "fainted" while You were correcting me. And what is meant by "correcting" me? Except what follows.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 39

The strong hand strikes as though harshly, but it is swift to heal. If it is powerful to wound, it is also powerful when it comes to applying a remedy. As the Lord says, "I will strike, and I will heal." … This hand of the Lord took from Job all that he had and gave it all back again. In fact, he greatly added to Job's store of good things, even doubling what he had before. Do not be troubled because David says he has fainted. A person can faint and rise up stronger than before. "The Lord lifts up all that fall and sets up all that are cast down." Whoever is corrected will rise up with virtue.
— Ambrose of Milan, Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms

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Dictionary and topics

Jeduthun — Lauder; praising, a Levite of the family of Merari, and one of the three masters of music appointed by David (1 Chr. 16:41, 42; 25:1-6). He is called in 2 Chr. 35:15 “the king’s seer.” His…
Psalms — The psalms are the production of various authors. “Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another…
Affliction, Prayer Under · For deliverance — For deliverance
Anger Of God, The · Removal of, should be prayed for — Removal of, should be prayed for

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 39:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 39:8

John Gill on Psalms 39:10

John Calvin on Psalms 39:10-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 39:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 39:8

John Gill on Psalms 39:10

John Calvin on Psalms 39:10-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 39:7-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 39:9-11

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 39:10