Psalms 39:13
“O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
O spare me,.... Or "look from me" (f); turn away thy fierce countenance from me; or "cease from me (g), and let me…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
O spare me - The word used here - from שׁעה shâ‛âh - means “to look;” and then, in connection with the preposition,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Psalms 39:7-13
The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
O spare me So Jerome, parce mihi. But more exactly, Look away from me. Cheyne renders, -avert thy frown."
that I may…
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