Psalms 39:10

10 Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

Psalms 39:10 in Other Translations

10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

10 Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

10 But please stop striking me! I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.

10 But I can't take it much longer. When you put us through the fire

10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

10 Remove the sickness you laid upon me. My life is over because you struck me with your hand.

10 Remove Your torment from me; I fade away because of the force of Your hand.

10 Please stop beating me. I'm about to die from the blows of your hand.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 39:10 In-Context

8 Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.

9 I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.

10 Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11 When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.

12 “Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 21:14; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 24:16
• 2. S Exodus 9:3; Job 9:34; Psalms 32:4