Psalms 39:10
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
BSB
ASV
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
KJV
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
The strong hand strikes as though harshly, but it is swift to heal. If it is powerful to wound, it is also powerful when it comes to applying a remedy. As the Lord says, "I will strike, and I will heal." … This hand of the Lord took from Job all that he had and gave it all back again. In fact, he greatly added to Job's store of good things, even doubling what he had before. Do not be troubled because David says he has fainted. A person can faint and rise up stronger than before.
He only that inflicts the stroke can remove it; and we may then in faith, and with satisfaction, pray that our afflictions may be removed, when our sins are pardoned ( Isa. xxxviii. 17 ), and when, as here, the affliction is sanctified and has done its work, and we are humbled under the hand of God.
Remove thy stroke away from me. Silence from all repining did not prevent the voice of prayer, which must never cease. In all probability the Lord would grant the psalmist's petition, for he usually removes affliction when we are resigned to it; if we kiss the rod, our Father always burns it. When we are still, the rod is soon still. It is quite consistent with resignation to pray for the removal of a trial.
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Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
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Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
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Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us…
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
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Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
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Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.