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Psalms 39:13

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O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
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  1. Job 10:20–21Rank 1 from verse 13
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    20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

    21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

  2. Job 14:10–12Rank 2 from verse 13
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    10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

    11As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

    12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  3. Job 14:5–6Rank 3 from verse 13
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    5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

    6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

  4. Job 7:19Rank 4 from verse 13
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    19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

  5. Genesis 42:36Rank 5 from verse 13
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    36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

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Psalms 39:13

COMBINED MEANING

spare

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1. To refrain from injuring, killing, destroying, using, or spending. 2. To preserve a person or thing from harm. 3. To withhold punishment. 4. To keep back or have remaining.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

recover

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To regain, restore, return to a former condition, or become well.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hence

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1. From this place; away from here. 2. From this source or cause. 3. Of time, from now.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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12Hear 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.

13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

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