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Psalms 39:13

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 39:14.

הָשַׁ֣עhashabe dimשָׁעָהverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be dim”, a commandH8159to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildereddepart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.מִמֶּ֣נִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.וְאַבְלִ֑יגָהveavligahand comfortבָּלַגconjunction, verb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and comfort”, a determination or requestH1082to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction)comfort, (recover) strength(-en).בְּטֶ֖רֶםbeteremin beforeטֶרֶםpreposition, adverb — “in before”H2962properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or beforebefore, ere, not yet.אֵלֵ֣ךְelekhecarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “carry”, an unfinished actionH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וְאֵינֶֽנִּיveeyneniand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(39-14) Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

Young’s Literal Translation

Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

World English Bible

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”

Darby Translation

Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.

Douay-Rheims

For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(39-14) Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Spare me, that I may be refreshed, before I depart, and be no more.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄνες μοι ἵνα ἀναψύξω πρὸ τοῦ με ἀπελθεῖν, καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ ὑπάρξω.