Psalms 39:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:20-21 : 20 Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, 21 before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,
  • Job 14:10-12 : 10 But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he? 11 As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up, 12 so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.
  • Job 14:5-6 : 5 Since man’s days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it. 6 Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
  • Job 7:19 : 19 Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.

  • 20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • 13Please be willing, O LORD, to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!

  • 9Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

  • 10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • 19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

  • 4“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

  • 10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”

  • Ps 38:21-22
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    21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!

    22Hurry and help me, O Lord, my deliverer!

  • Isa 38:10-12
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    10“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

    11“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

    12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

  • 13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

  • Ps 102:23-24
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    23He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.

    24I say,“O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

  • Ps 38:9-10
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    9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • 13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • 19Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

  • 3So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”

  • 7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

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    2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!

  • 11Do not reject me! Do not take your holy Spirit away from me!

  • 17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

  • 16Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

  • 11O LORD, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

  • 9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

  • 22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • 15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

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    4Relent, LORD, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

  • Ps 13:3-4
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    3Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!

    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • 22For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

  • 1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

  • 26Help me, O LORD my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!

  • Job 13:20-21
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    20Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

    21Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.

  • 9He said to me,‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’

  • 16O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’

  • 18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

  • 13“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

  • 4As for me, I said:“O LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

  • 11O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

  • 6Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

  • 49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • 22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.