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Psalm 39:12

World English Bible

“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.
Don’t be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger with you,
a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

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Psalm 39:12 in other translations

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Psalm 39:12 · American Standard Version

Psalm 39:12 in context

  1. 10Remove your scourge away from me.
    I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
  2. 11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
    you consume his wealth like a moth.
    Surely every man is but a breath.”
  3. 12“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.
    Don’t be silent at my tears.
    For I am a stranger with you,
    a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
  4. 13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,
    before I go away and exist no more.”