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Plea for Mercy Before Death

Silenced by grief yet compelled to speak, the psalmist meditates on life's fleeting vanity and pleads with God to hear, deliver, and spare him before he passes away.

Psalms

The road

1. 1 · The psalmist resolves to guard his tongue while the wicked are before himPsalms 39:1
2. 2 · Silence breaks: sorrow burns within until the psalmist must speakPsalms 39:2–3
3. 3 · Meditation on the vanity and shadow-like existence of every personPsalms 39:6
4. 4 · Hope placed in Yahweh alone with plea for deliverance from transgressionsPsalms 39:7–8
5. 5 · Silent acceptance of God's hand yet plea for relief from the blow of his scourgePsalms 39:9–11
6. 6 · Final appeal for God to hear, spare, and grant strength before deathPsalms 39:12–13

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