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Psalms 39:12

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When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.	Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].	O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Hear^H8085 my prayer^H8605, O LORD^H3068, and give ear^H238 unto my cry^H7775; hold not thy peace^H2790 at my tears^H1832: for I am a stranger^H1616 with thee, and a sojourner^H8453, as all my fathers^H1 were.

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Original Hebrew

בְּתֹוכָחֹות עַל־עָוֹן ׀ יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדֹו אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶלָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּֽ/תוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת	be./to.Kha.chot	H8433	HR/Ncfpa	with/ rebukes
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
עָוֺ֨ן	'a.Von	H5771	HNcbsa	iniquity
יִסַּ֬רְתָּ	yi.Sar.ta	H3256	HVpp2ms	you have disciplined
אִ֗ישׁ	'Ish	H376	HNcmsa	a person
וַ/תֶּ֣מֶס	va./Te.mes	H4529	HC/Vhw2ms	and/ you have melted
כָּ/עָ֣שׁ	ka./'Ash	H6211	HRd/Ncmsa	like (the)/ moth
חֲמוּד֑/וֹ	cha.mu.D/o	H2530	HVqsmsc/Sp3ms	desired (thing)/ his
אַ֤ךְ	'akh	H389	HTa	(is) only
הֶ֖בֶל	He.vel	H1892	HNcmsa	vanity
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
אָדָ֣ם	'a.Dam	H120	HNcmsa	humankind
סֶֽלָה	Se.lah	H5542	HTj	Selah

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H238 — אָזַן (ʼâzan, aw-zan'): a primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from אֹזֶן; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen; give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See אָזַן.
• H1616 — גֵּר (gêr, gare): or (fully) geyr (gare); from גּוּר; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner; alien, sojourner, stranger.
• H1832 — דִּמְעָה (dimʻâh, dim-aw'): feminine of דֶּמַע; weeping; tears.
• H2790 — חָרַשׁ (chârash, khaw-rash'): a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness); [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H7775 — שַׁוְעָה (shavʻâh, shav-aw'): feminine of שֶׁוַע; a hallooing; crying.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
• H8453 — תּוֹשָׁב (tôwshâb, to-shawb'): or תֹּשָׁב; (1 Kings 17:1), from יָשַׁב; a dweller (but not outlandish (נׇכְרִי)); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of יָשַׁב) and a temporary inmate (גֵּר) or mere lodger (לוּן)); resident alien; foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.
• H8605 — תְּפִלָּה (tᵉphillâh, tef-il-law'): from פָּלַל; intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn; prayer.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H389 — אַךְ (ʼak, ak): akin to אָכֵן; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
• H1892 — הֶבֶל (hebel, heh'bel): or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from הָבַל; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
• H2530 — חָמַד (châmad, khaw-mad'): a primitive root; to delight in; beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
• H3256 — יָסַר (yâçar, yaw-sar'): a primitive root; to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct; bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H4529 — מָסָה (mâçâh, maw-saw'): a primitive root; to dissolve; make to consume away, (make to) melt, water.
• H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.
• H5771 — עָוֺן (ʻâvôn, aw-vone'): or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (אֲבַד)), from עָוָה; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil; fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H6211 — עָשׁ (ʻâsh, awsh): from עָשֵׁשׁ; a moth; moth. See also עַיִשׁ.
• H8433 — תּוֹכֵחָה (tôwkêchâh, to-kay-khaw'): and תּוֹכַחַת; from יָכַח; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence); argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• as all — Genesis 47:9
• for I am — Leviticus 25:23, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalms 119:19, Psalms 119:54, 2 Corinthians 5:6, Hebrews 11:13, 1 Peter 1:17, 1 Peter 2:11
• hold — 2 Samuel 16:12, 2 Kings 20:5, Job 16:20, Psalms 56:8, Psalms 116:3, Hebrews 5:7

Reciprocal references (10): Genesis 21:34, Genesis 23:4, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 18:3, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 35:22, Isaiah 38:5, Mark 9:24

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: PILGRIMAGE, LIFE AS A, TEARS
• Torrey’s: AFFLICTION, PRAYER UNDER, PILGRIMS AND STRANGERS, TITLES AND NAMES OF SAINTS
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, DESIRE, EAR, TEARS

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