Psalms 39:12
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 39
“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.”Psalms 39:12
What Does Psalms 39:12 Mean?
Psalms 39:12 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 39, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Care for the Poor, and Prayer.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 39:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 56:8“Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”2 Kings 20:5“Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.”Psalms 119:19“I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.”1 Peter 2:11“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”Hebrews 11:13“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”Leviticus 25:23“The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.”Genesis 47:9“And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”Psalms 116:3“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”1 Chronicles 29:15“For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.”Hebrews 5:7“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;”1 Peter 1:17“And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:”Genesis 26:3“Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;”2 Samuel 16:12“It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.”Job 16:20“My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.”Psalms 102:1“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.”2 Corinthians 5:6“Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:”Psalms 119:54“Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.”Exodus 2:22“And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.”Mark 9:24“And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”Genesis 23:4“I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
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