Psalm 39:12

New International Version

“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

Cross References

Genesis 21:34

And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

Genesis 47:9

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.”

2 Kings 20:5

“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Job 13:28

“So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Job 16:20

My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

Psalm 102:1

Hear my prayer, Lord; let my cry for help come to you.

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.

Psalm 119:54

Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.

Psalm 56:8

Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll— are they not in your record?

Psalm 90:9

All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.

Leviticus 25:23

“ ‘The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

Hebrews 11:13

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.

1 Peter 1:17

Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.