Psalms 39:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. ”

Psalms 39:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth - literally, “Lo, handbreadths hast thou given my days.” The word rendered “handbreadth” means properly the spread hand; the palm; the hand when t...
Psalms 39:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether (e) vanity. Selah. (e) Yet David offended in that he...
Psalms 39:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXIX. Prayer of a Pious Israelite in Distress. Psalms 39:3 . The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous government...
Psalms 39:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. age . lifetime. Hebrew. heled. See note on "world" ( Psalms 49:1 ). at his best state . though standing fast, or firmly established. altogether...
Psalms 39:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 568 THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE Psalms 39:4-5 . Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days...
Psalms 39:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. My days as a handbreadth - My life is b...
Psalms 39:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Every man at his best state— Every man living. Mudge.
Psalms 39:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. And mine age (note, 'the world'-same...
Psalms 39:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin ( Psalms 39:9-11 ), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at...
Psalms 39:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Handbreadth. — Better, some spans long. The plural without the article having this indefinite sense. Mine age. — Literally, duration. (See Psalms 17:14 .) The LXX. and Vulg. have “substance...
Psalms 39:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 39:1-13 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but the rush of emotion had burst the floodga...
Psalms 39:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Fleeting Measure of Our Days Psalms 39:1-13 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to t...
Psalms 39:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
Psalms 39:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a devout prayer this is, and what blessedness is intended in the discovery. Observe what the object of the petition is; not to know the hour of death, or the place of departure, or the means God...
Psalms 39:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
Psalms 39:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth ,.... These words, with the following clause, are the psalmist's answer to his own inquiries; or rather a correction of his inquiry and impatience,...
Psalms 39:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah. Ver. 5. Behold, thou hast made my da...
Psalms 39:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth The breadth of four fingers, a certain dimension, a small one, and the measure whereof we have always about us, always before our eyes. We need no r...
Psalms 39:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. 1 I sai...
Psalms 39:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As an handbreadth, which is one of the least measures, i.e. very short. These and the following words are either, 1. A continuance of his complaint, that although his days were of themselves very...
Psalms 39:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). His concern was with his awareness of his own frailty and of the fact that life appears on the whole to be vain and that a man does not know what will happen to the possessions that he has built...
Psalms 39:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 16:41-42 ; 1 Chronic...
Psalms 39:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Jeduthun was one of those who led the sacred song in the house of God in David's day, and, long afterwards, we find the son of Jeduthun stil...
Psalms 39:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm is inscribed to Jeduthun, leader of one of the choral bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41 ; and bears the name of David. Psalms 39:5 . Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,...
Psalms 39:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle. Thought and prayer under trial I. Thought under trial. 1. Its utterance re...
Psalms 39:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his wicked enemies ready to make use of them against...
Psalms 39:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Believer's Attitude in View of the Apparent Happiness of the Godless. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, or Ethan, the name of one of David's chief choristers, who was the leader of a fa...
Psalms 39:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:8 ; Ecclesiastes 1:2 ; Ecclesiastes 2:11 ; Genesis 47:9 ; Isaiah 40:17 ; James 4:14 ; Job 14:1 ; Job 14:2 ; Job 7:6 ; Job 9:25 ; Job 9:26 ; Psalms 144:4 ; Psalms 39:11 ; Psalm...
Psalms 39:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Before thee — If compared with thee, and with thy everlasting duration.

Psalms 39:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 39:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 39:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 39:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 39:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 39:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 39:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 39:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 39:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 39:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 39:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 39:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 39:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 39:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 39:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 39:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 39:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 39:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes