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Psalms 39:12

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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].

Psalms 39:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 39:12

Theological / Devotional

At my tears. Verses 12, 13 describe the psalmist’s final plea.

Stranger. Compare Gen. 15:13; Ex. 2:22.

Sojourner. Heb. toshab, “one who settles for a time in a country, but is not a citizen of it” (see 1 Chron. 29:15).

As all my fathers. See Gen. 47:9; Heb. 11:13–15.

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