Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

New American Standard Bible

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again
Before I depart and am no more.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”

International Standard Version

Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”

Bible in Basic English

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Look away from me, and I shall be cheerful, before I shall go and I not be.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.

Modern King James verseion

Look away from me, and I will smile before I go away and be no more.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O spare me a little that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen."

NET Bible

Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Look away from me that I may brighten up, Ere yet I depart and am no more.

Webster

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Context Readings

The Fleeting Nature Of Life

12 "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. 13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.


Cross References

Job 10:20-21

Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

Job 14:10-12

But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

Genesis 42:36

Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."

Job 7:19

How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

Job 14:5-6

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

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