Ps.39.12

Psalm 39:12

KJV

Hear 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.

I Will Watch My Ways

For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

Cross References

Hebrews 11:13

KJV

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

The Faith of Abraham and Sarah

1 Peter 2:11

KJV

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

The Living Stone and Chosen People

As Living Stones

Genesis 23:4

KJV

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

The Death and Burial of Sarah

Genesis 28:4

KJV

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

Jacob’s Departure

Genesis 36:7

KJV

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

The Descendants of Esau

Esau Moves

Genesis 47:9

KJV

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Jacob Settles in Goshen

Leviticus 25:23

KJV GOD

¶ The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

The Law of Redemption

2 Kings 20:5

KJV GOD

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery

1 Chronicles 29:15

KJV

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

David’s Prayer of Blessing

Psalm 4:1

KJV

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Answer Me When I Call!

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 28:1

KJV

Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

The LORD Is My Strength

Of David.

Psalm 56:8

KJV

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Be Merciful to Me, O God

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Psalm 102:1

KJV

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

The Prayer of the Afflicted

A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.

Psalm 119:19

KJV

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

ג - GIMEL

Psalm 143:1

KJV

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.