Psalm 39:10

Modern

Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

Traditional

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

Literal

Turn Your plague away from me! By the blow of Your hand I am consumed.

Latin

…amove a me plagas tuas.

Hebrew

English

Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

The psalmist links suffering with God’s discipline, assuming that it is punishment for his sin.

This prayer for rescue shows the psalmist's discouragement, which comes from not fully understanding his situation.

Theme notes and profiles

Job 9:34
Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
Job 13:21
Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
Psalm 38:3–4
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Psalm 25:16–17
Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Job 40:8
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
1 Samuel 6:5
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.