John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 39:13

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 ancient Heathens called death “abitio”, a going away f562.

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