Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 39:10 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. {blow: Heb. conflict}”
Psalms 39:10
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. {blow: Heb. conflict}
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}
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}.
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