“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry.
Don’t be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger with you,
a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 39:12 in context
Psalms 39:9–13
9
I was mute.
I didn’t open my mouth,
because you did it.
10
Remove your scourge away from me.
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
you consume his wealth like a moth.
Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
12
Selected verse
“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry.
Don’t be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger with you,
a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
13
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,
before I go away and exist no more.”
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