Psalm 39:10

10 Quita de sobre mí tu plaga; de la guerra de tu mano soy consumido

Psalm 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.

Psalm 39:10 In-Context

8 Líbrame de todas mis rebeliones; no me pongas por escarnio del loco

9 Enmudecí, no abrí mi boca; porque tú lo hiciste

10 Quita de sobre mí tu plaga; de la guerra de tu mano soy consumido

11 Con castigos sobre la iniquidad corriges al hombre, y haces consumirse como de polilla su grandeza; ciertamente vanidad es todo hombre. (Selah.

12 Oye mi oración, oh SEÑOR, y escucha mi clamor; no calles ante mis lágrimas; porque peregrino soy contigo, y advenedizo, como todos mis padres