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Submission Allows for Prayer
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that this verse demonstrates a vital truth: true submission to God's will (v. 9) does not mean silent resignation. Instead, it creates the foundation for bold and honest prayer. Like Jesus in Gethsemane, the psalmist can say "Your will be done" and also "Please take this suffering from me." Submission isn't the end of prayer; it's the proper beginning.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 39:10
18th Century
Theologian
Remove thy stroke away from me - And yet this calm submission, as expressed in (Psalms 39:9), does not take away the de…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 39:10
19th Century
Bishop
Stroke. —See Note to Psalms 38:11.
Blow. —Margin, “conflict.” A word only found here; from a root meaning <…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 39:10
19th Century
Preacher
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
When God strikes, he never plays at chastisement, and there…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 39:10
16th Century
Theologian
Take away thy stroke from me. David here confirms the prayer he had already presented: namely, that having obtained pardon from God, he mi…
John Gill
On Psalms 39:10
17th Century
Pastor
Remove your stroke away from me
The psalmist still considers his affliction as coming from the hand of God, as his s…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 39:7–13
17th Century
Minister
There is no solid satisfaction to be gained from the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him. We should be driven to…