Salmos 39:10

10 Tira de sobre mim o teu flagelo; estou desfalecido pelo golpe da tua mão.

Salmos 39:10 Meaning and Commentary

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, his spirit would fail before him, and the soul that he had made; and therefore he entreats he would remember he was but dust, and remove his hand from him; for this is a reason enforcing the preceding petition.

Salmos 39:10 In-Context

8 Livra-me de todas as minhas transgressões; não me faças o opróbrio do insensato.

9 Emudecido estou, não abro a minha boca; pois tu és que agiste,

10 Tira de sobre mim o teu flagelo; estou desfalecido pelo golpe da tua mão.

11 Quando com repreensões castigas o homem por causa da iniquidade, destróis, como traça, o que ele tem de precioso; na verdade todo homem é vaidade.

12 Ouve, Senhor, a minha oração, e inclina os teus ouvidos ao meu clamor; não te cales perante as minhas lágrimas, porque sou para contigo como um estranho, um peregrino como todos os meus pais.