Psalms 39:4

My end — Make me sensible of the shortness and uncertainly of life, and the near approach of death.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 39:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
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 sh...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

frail . short lived.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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 kn...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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;...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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 th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
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 sile...
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 pres...
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 precedi...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. To the chief musician, eve...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
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 wha...
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...
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,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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 3...
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 tria...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
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...
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 Da...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 14:13 ; Psalms 11:1 ; Psalms 90:12

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 39:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 39:4