Psalms 39:13

“O spare me, etc.] Or “look from me” f560; turn away thy fierce countenance from me; or “cease from me f561, and let me alone”; as in (<181020>Job 10:20); from whence the words seem to be taken, by what follows: that I may recover strength; both corporeal and spiritual: before I go hence; out of this world by death: and be no more; that is, among men in the land of the living; not but that he believed he should exist after death, and should be somewhere, even in heaven, though he should return no more to the place where he was; (see <181020> Job 10:20,21), when a man is born, he comes into the world; when he dies, he goes out of it; a phrase frequently used for death in Scripture; so the…”

“O spare me - The word used here - from שׁעה shâ‛âh - means “to look;” and then, in connection with the preposition, “to look away from;” and it here means, “Look away from me;” that is, Do not come to inflict death on me. Preserve me. The idea is this: God seemed to have fixed his eyes on him, and to be pursuing him with the expressions of his displeasure (compare Job 16:9); and the psalmist now prays that he would “turn away his eyes,” and leave him. That I may recover strength - The word used here - בלג bâlag - means, in Arabic, to be bright; to shine forth; and then, to make cheerful, to enliven one’s countenance, or to be joyful, glad. In Job 9:27, it is rendered “comfort;” in Job…”

“No more - Among the living, or in this world. Next: Psalms Chapter 40”

“39:13 Unlike the psalmist’s earlier request that God stay close to him (38:21-22), his present desire for God to leave him alone echoes Job’s disposition (Job 7:17-19).”

“spare: Job 10:20, Job 10:21, Job 14:5, Job 14:6 be no: Gen 5:24, Gen 42:36; Job 14:10-12 Next: Psalms Chapter 40”