Psalm 39:12

Good News Translation

Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry; come to my aid when I weep. Like all my ancestors I am only your guest for a little while.

Cross References

Genesis 21:34

Abraham lived in Philistia for a long time.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered, “My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings.”

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord will notice my misery and give me some blessings to take the place of his curse.”

2 Kings 20:5

to go back to Hezekiah, ruler of the Lord's people, and say to him, “I, the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and in three days you will go to the Temple.

1 Chronicles 29:15

You know, O Lord, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

Job 13:28

As a result, I crumble like rotten wood, like a moth-eaten coat.

Job 16:20

My friends scorn me; my eyes pour out tears to God.

Psalm 102:1

Listen to my prayer, O Lord, and hear my cry for help!

Psalm 116:3

The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

Psalm 119:19

I am here on earth for just a little while; do not hide your commands from me.

Psalm 119:54

During my brief earthly life I compose songs about your commands.

Psalm 56:8

You know how troubled I am; you have kept a record of my tears. Aren't they listed in your book?

Psalm 90:9

Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper.

Leviticus 25:23

Your land must not be sold on a permanent basis, because you do not own it; it belongs to God, and you are like foreigners who are allowed to make use of it.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always full of courage. We know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord's home.

Hebrews 11:13

It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth.

Hebrews 5:7

In his life on earth Jesus made his prayers and requests with loud cries and tears to God, who could save him from death. Because he was humble and devoted, God heard him.

1 Peter 1:17

You call him Father, when you pray to God, who judges all people by the same standard, according to what each one has done; so then, spend the rest of your lives here on earth in reverence for him.

1 Peter 2:11

I appeal to you, my friends, as strangers and refugees in this world! Do not give in to bodily passions, which are always at war against the soul.