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Psalms 89:47
Remember how short My time is; wherefore hast Thou made all men in vain? We have here only disjointed cries: "Remember I what the age? For what ;vanity hast Thou created the sons of man?"
Remember how short My time is; wherefore hast Thou made all men in vain? We have here only disjointed cries: "Remember I what the age? For what ;vanity hast Thou created the sons of man?"
Verse Psalms 89:47. _HOW SHORT MY TIME IS_] If thou deliver not speedily, none of the present generations shall see thy salvation. Are all the remnants of our tribes created in vain? shall they never...
REMEMBER HOW SHORT MY TIME IS - The word rendered “time” - חלד _cheled_ - means duration; lifetime. Psalms 39:5. Then it means life; time; age; the world. Literally, here, “Remember; I; what duration....
Psalms 89 God's Faithfulness: His Oath-bound Covenant with David _ 1. Jehovah's faithfulness (Psalms 89:1)_ 2. His covenant with David (Psalms 89:19) 3. The ruin and desolation ...
LXXXIX. THE COVENANT WITH DAVID. The Ps. may be divided thus: Psalms 89:1. The promise made to David (2 Samuel 7). Yahweh is all-powerful, so that He can, faithful so that He will, fulfil His word. Ps...
TIME. lifetime. MEN. sons of Adam. App-14....
The Psalmist appeals to God to withdraw His wrath and remove this contradiction, pleading the shortness of life and the taunts of God's enemies as grounds for a speedy answer....
Literally, if the text is right, _O remember what a fleeting life I am_! but it is possible that the letters of the word _chçled_have been accidentally transposed and that we should read _châdçl_, as...
REMEMBER HOW SHORT MY TIME IS— _Remember, as to my own part, what my being is._ See Psalms 39:4, Or, _Remember what my age is. All men,_ in the next clause, means "all of us who labour under this wret...
PSALMS 89 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Covenant with David Contrasted with the Present Dishonour of David's Heir. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 89:1-2, The Keynotes of the psalmJehovah's Kindness and Faithfu...
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? -The suppliant here turns from lamentation to prayer, that the Lord would remove the present prostration of David's...
We have here another national and historical Ps., written when the Jewish kingdom and its king had fallen very low before their enemies, contrasting the promises made to David with their seeming lack...
WHEREFORE.. IN VAIN?] RV 'For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!'...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ MAKE YOUR *KINGDOM COME SOON! PSALMS 89 Make your *kingdom come soon. Make people obey your rules in the earth as they do in *heaven ...
REMEMBER. — The text of this clause runs, _Remember I how duration,_ which might possibly be an incoherent sob, meaning _remember how quickly I pass._ But since the transposition of a letter brings th...
_[Psalms 89:48]_ זְכָר ־אֲנִ֥י מֶה ־חָ֑לֶד עַל...
Psalms 89:1 THE foundation of this psalm is the promise in 2 Samuel 7:1 which guaranteed the perpetuity of the Davidic kingdom. Many of the characteristic phrases of the prophecy recur here- _ e.g.,_...
“A CONSUMING FIRE” Psalms 89:38 Here the psalmist falls into expostulation and lament. Whether he alludes to the time when Jerusalem was taken by Shishak in the days of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:25, or wh...
Taken as a whole, this song is one of the finest in the collection as a revelation of how the man of faith is compelled to view circumstances of calamity. In a poem of great beauty he first sets forth...
Remember (h) how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? (h) Seeing man's life is short, and you have created man to bestow your benefits on him, unless you hasten to help, death...
Here is a new train of thoughts, arising out of the view of God's covenant love in redemption, celebrated before. The degeneracy of Israel, and the captivity of the people (probably with an eye to the...
47_Remember how short my time is. _After having confessed that the severe and deplorable afflictions which had befallen the Church were to be traced to her own sins as the procuring cause, the prophet...
Psalms 89. We have seen that Psalms 88 puts Israel in the presence of Jehovah (when guilty of having been unfaithful to Him), under the judgment of Jehovah, with the sense of wrath, yet in faith in Je...
REMEMBER HOW SHORT MY TIME IS,.... In this world man's time here is fixed, and it is but a short time; his life is but a vapour, which appeareth for a little while; his days are as an hand's breadth;...
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? Ver. 47. _Remember how short_] See Psalms 39:5 . _ Wherefore hast thou, &c._] As thou mayest seem to have done, unless they m...
_Remember how short my time is_ That is, our time, the time of our king and kingdom, in whose name the psalmist put up this petition, and about whom he was much more solicitous than about himself, as...
38-52 Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfil his word. When the great Anointed One, Christ himself, was upon the cross, God...
MY TIME, i.e. our time, the time of our king and kingdom, in whose name the psalmist puts up this petition, and about whom he was much more solicitous than about himself, as is evident, both from the...
Psalms 89:47 Remember H2142 (H8798) short H2465 futility H7723 created H1254 (H8804) children H1121 men H120...
Psalms 89:47 I. The temptation to believe that man is made in vain. Everything rebukes vanity in man, since he himself, as well as the world, is vain. The idea that man is made in vain is made common...
Psalms 89:1. _I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness...
CONTENTS: Joy over and praise of God's greatness. Complaint of the seeming failure of the covenant and prayer for redress. CHARACTERS: God, David, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Though we may find it hard to...
The time of this ode is gathered from the text; it was written after Rahab, the proud Egyptian kingdom, Psalms 87:4, was broken to pieces, Psalms 89:10; and after the hedge, the wall of Jerusalem, was...
_Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast Thou made all men in vain?_ THE SENSE OF LIFE’S BREVITY I. That it is a right feeling, because it accords with fact. Human life is short, if you consid...
_I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever._ A MAJESTIC SONG This psalm is one of the very choicest songs in the night. Midst a stream of troubled thoughts there stands a fair island of rescue...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:1. This is a community lament, but with a distinctive flavor. The people celebrate the Davidic kingship as God’s special gift to his people, but they also mourn the distr...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 89:46 There is great comfort in the promise of an enduring Davidic house. The people can be confident that their present low condition is not the end of their story. The appeal is...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_Maschil_,” an instruction, a didactic poem. _“Of Ethan the Ezrahite_,” “one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom was excelled by Solomon (1 Kings 4:31). There is li...
EXPOSITION At first sight, a psalm of praise; but, in reality, one of expostulation and complaint. The praises of God are sung in the opening section (Psalms 89:1); they culminated in the Davidical co...
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou est...
James 4:14; Job 10:9; Job 14:1; Job 7:7; Job 9:25;...
Short — Our time, the time of our king and kingdom, in whose name the psalmist puts up this petition. Wherefore — Wherefore hast thou made us and our king (and consequently all other men, whose condit...