O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
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Gill's Exposition
O spare me,.... Or "look from me" (f); turn away thy fierce countenance from me; or "cease from me (g), and let me alone"; as in Job 10:20; from whence the words seem to be taken, by what follows:…
Barnes' Notes
O spare me - The word used here - from שׁעה shâ‛âh - means “to look;” and then, in connection with the preposition, “to look away from;” and it here means, “Look away from me;” that is, Do not come…
The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend all the comforts of life, here, in these verses, turns his eyes and heart…
Cambridge Bible
O spare me So Jerome, parce mihi. But more exactly, Look away from me. Cheyne renders, -avert thy frown."
that I may recover strength Lit. brighten up, as the sky when the clouds clear.
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