Psalms 39:13
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
BSB
ASV
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
KJV
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Through
Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
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May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Through
Job 7:19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
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He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
Forgive me, so that I need no longer be a pilgrim and a wayfarer. Forgive me so that I may be called home from exile. If you forgive me, before I go from this place, I shall no longer be an exile and a pilgrim. Once you will have forgiven me, I will no longer be in foreign parts. I shall be a fellow citizen of your saints; I shall be with my ancestors, who were pilgrims before me and are now truly citizens. I shall be a member of God's household.
But I rather take it as a pious prayer that God would continue him here till by his grace he had made him fit to go hence, and that he might finish the work of life before his life was finished.