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Psalms 39:13 — King James Version← Study notes

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.


Psalms 39:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 39:1316 words
HebrewMeaning
שִֽׁמְעָ֥/הšiməʿāh
hear !verbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
תְפִלָּתִ֨/יtəpilātiy
prayer mynounH8605
יְהוָ֡הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/שַׁוְעָתִ֨/יwəšawəʿātiy
and cry for help myconjH7775
הַאֲזִינָ/ה֮haʾăziynāh
give ear to !verbH238
hear. See
אֶֽלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דִּמְעָתִ֗/יdiməʿātiy
tears mynounH1832
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁteḥĕraš
you be silentverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גֵ֣רgēr
am a sojournernounH1616
sojourner · stranger
אָנֹכִ֣יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
עִמָּ֑/ךְʿimākə
with youpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗בtwōšāb
a resident aliennounH8453
inhabitant · sojourner · stranger
כְּ/כָלkəkāl
like allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲבוֹתָֽ/יʾăbwōtāy
ancestors mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 39:13

1. The title of this Psalm, which we have just chanted and proposed to discuss, is, “On the end, for Idithun, a Psalm for David himself.” Here then we must look for, and must attend to, the words of a certain person who is called Idithun; and if each one of ourselves may be Idithun, in that which he sings he recognises himself, and hears himself speak. For you may see who was called Idithun, according to the ancient descent of man; let us, however, understand what this name…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 39 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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