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Psalm 39:12

12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,

listen to my cry for help;v

do not be deafw to my weeping.x

I dwell with you as a foreigner,y

a stranger,z as all my ancestors were.a

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Psalm 39:12 — English Standard Version (ESV)

12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,

and give ear to my cry;

hold not your peace at my tears!

For I am a sojourner with you,

a guest, like all my fathers.

Psalm 39:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 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.

Psalm 39:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 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.

Psalm 39:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,

And give ear to my cry;

Do not be silent at my tears;

For I am a stranger with You,

A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Psalm 39:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 Lord, hear my prayer,

and listen to my cry.

Do not ignore my tears.

I am like a visitor with you.

Like my ancestors, I’m only here a short time.

Psalm 39:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry;

Hold not thy peace at my tears:

For I am a stranger with thee,

A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Psalm 39:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

Psalm 39:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 Listen to my prayer, O Lord

Open your ear to my cry for help. 

Do not be deaf to my tears, 

for I am a foreign resident with you, 

a stranger like all my ancestors. 

Psalm 39:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,

and listen to my cry for help;

do not be silent at my tears.

For I am a foreigner residing with You,

a temporary resident like all my fathers.

Psalm 39:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,

and give ear to my cry;

do not hold your peace at my tears.

For I am your passing guest,

an alien, like all my forebears.

Psalm 39:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and listen to my cry for help;

do not be deaf to my tears.

For I am an alien with you,

a sojourner like all my ancestors.

Psalm 39:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 Lord, hear my prayer.

Listen to my cry for help.

Pay attention to my sobbing.

I’m like a guest in your home.

I’m only a visitor, like all of my family who lived before me.

Psalm 39:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;

Do not be silent at my tears;

For I am a stranger with You,

A sojourner like all my fathers.


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