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Psalms 39:10

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 39:11.

הָסֵ֣רhaserturnסוּרverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “turn”, a commandH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מֵעָלַ֣יmealayfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, 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,…נִגְעֶ֑ךָnigekhaplagueנֶגַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “plague”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5061a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound.מִתִּגְרַ֥תmitigratfrom blowתִּגְרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “from blow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8409strife, i.e. inflictionblow.יָ֝דְךָ֗yadekhahandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […אֲנִ֣יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.כָלִֽיתִיkhaliticeaseכָּלָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cease”, a completed actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(39-11) Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

World English Bible

Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(39-11) Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπόστησον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὰς μάστιγάς σου· ἀπὸ τῆς ἰσχύος τῆς χειρός σου ἐγὼ ἐξέλιπον.