Job 14:13; Psalms 11:1; Psalms 90:12
Lord, make me to know mine end - This expresses evidently the substance of those anxious and troubled thoughts Psalms 39:1-2 to which he had be...
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 sh...
frail . short lived.
4. O Jehovah! cause me to know my end. It appears from this, that David was transported by an improper and sinful excess of passion, seeing...
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 kn...
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am . Lord, make me to know mine end - I am wea...
Lord, make me to know mine end, &c.— The Lord hath shewn me my end, and the measure of my days what it is: I know how perishing I am. Mudge;...
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Lord, make me to know mine end, and t...
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 th...
Rhythmically and from every other reason the psalm onward from this verse must be treated as the utterance to which the poet’s feelings have at lengt...
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 sile...
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 pres...
Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the precedi...
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...
Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
Lord, make me to know mine end ,.... Not Christ, the end of the law for righteousness, as Jerom interprets it; nor how long he should live, how many...
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am]. Ver. 4. Lord, make me to know mine end...
Lord, make me to know mine end The end of my life, as is evident from the following words; and the measure of my days, what it is How short it i...
Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. To the chief musician, eve...
This verse contains either, 1. A correction of himself for his impatient motions or speeches, and his retirement to God for relief under these perp...
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 wha...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the...
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,...
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. David dedicated some Psalms to Asaph, and one or two to Jeduthun. Some of this chief music...
Psalms 39:1 . I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me...
This Psalm gives a description of David's experience and conduct when stretched upon a sick-bed. He appears to have felt impatience working within hi...
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 3...
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 tria...
My heart was but within me; while I was musing, the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his...
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 Da...
Lord, make me to know mine end, give him the proper understanding of the vanity of this earthly life and the quickness with which it is cut off, and...
My end — Make me sensible of the shortness and uncertainly of life, and the near approach of death.
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.