Psalm 39:10

10 Wende deine Plage von mir; denn ich bin verschmachtet von der Strafe deiner Hand.

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 Errette mich von aller meiner Sünde und laß mich nicht den Narren ein Spott werden.

9 Ich will schweigen und meinen Mund nicht auftun; denn du hast's getan.

10 Wende deine Plage von mir; denn ich bin verschmachtet von der Strafe deiner Hand.

11 Wenn du einen züchtigst um der Sünde willen, so wird seine Schöne verzehrt wie von Motten. Ach wie gar nichts sind doch alle Menschen! (Sela.)

12 Höre mein Gebet, HERR, und vernimm mein Schreien und schweige nicht über meine Tränen; denn ich bin dein Pilger und dein Bürger wie alle meine Väter.