Psalms 39:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.”
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“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And <FI>to<Fi> my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I <FI>am<Fi> with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 39:12 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 21:34And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
- Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Leviticus 25:23The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
- 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- 2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
- Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
- Psalms 90:9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
- Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
- Psalms 119:54Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
- 2 Corinthians 5:6Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
- Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
- Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- 1 Peter 1:17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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