Psalm 39:12

New Living Translation

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. For I am your guest— a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.

Cross References

Genesis 21:34

And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”

2 Samuel 16:12

And perhaps the Lord will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses today.”

2 Kings 20:5

“Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

Job 13:28

I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth-eaten coat.

Job 16:20

My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God.

Psalm 102:1

Lord, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!

Psalm 116:3

Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow.

Psalm 119:19

I am only a foreigner in the land. Don’t hide your commands from me!

Psalm 119:54

Your decrees have been the theme of my songs wherever I have lived.

Psalm 56:8

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.

Psalm 90:9

We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan.

Leviticus 25:23

“The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord.

Hebrews 11:13

All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth.

Hebrews 5:7

While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.

1 Peter 1:17

And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.