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In Psalm 39 (NIV) starting with verse 12, David said:

"Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

So he's asking God to hear his prayer, listen to his cry for help, and to not be deaf to his weeping.

Then in verse 13, he says:

Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more."

What is this supposed to mean?

In Psalm 39 (NIV) starting with verse 12, David said:

"Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

So he's asking God to hear his prayer, listen to his cry for help, and to not be deaf to his weeping.

Then in verse 13, he says:

Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more."

What is this supposed to mean? It sounds like he is contradicting himself.

In Psalm 39 (NIV) starting with verse 12, David said:

"Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

So he's asking God to hear his prayer, listen to his cry for help, and to not be deaf to his weeping.

Then in verse 13, he says:

Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more."

What is this supposed to mean?

In Psalm 39 (NIV) starting with verse 12, David said:

"Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

So he's asking God to hear his prayer, listen to his cry for help, and to not be deaf to his weeping.

Then in verse 13, he says:

Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more."

What is this supposed to mean?