Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 39:12
A stranger — I am only in my journey or passage to my real home, which is in the other world.
A stranger — I am only in my journey or passage to my real home, which is in the other world.
Verse Psalms 39:12. _HEAR MY PRAYER_] Therefore, O Lord, show that mercy upon me which I so much need, and without which I must perish everlastingly. I AM _A STRANGER WITH THEE_] I have not made thi...
HEAR MY PRAYER, O LORD, AND GIVE EAR UNTO MY CRY - That is, in view of my affliction and my sins; in view, also, of the perplexing questions which have agitated my bosom; the troublous thoughts which...
Psalms 39 Deep Soul Exercise in View of Man's Frailty and Nothingness _ 1. The vanity of life (Psalms 39:1)_ 2. Self-judgment and prayer (Psalms 39:7) This Psalm is connected closely with the prec...
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 of t...
Petition for relief (10, 11) and respite (12, 13)....
_hold not thy peace_ Restoration to health will be an answer. But the word may be rendered, as in R.V. of Psalms 28:1, _be not deaf_. So Jerome, _ne obsurdescas_. It is a Rabbinic saying that there a...
FOR I AM A STRANGER WITH THEE, &C.— More like a stranger, and sojourner in this country, than an inhabitant or lord of it; _with thee,_ who in a particular manner art the proprietor of this land, whic...
PSALMS 39 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Lament and Prayer of a Divinely Stricken One. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 39:1-3, How the Stricken One's Resolve to be Silent is Broken. Stanza II., Psalms 39:4-6, La...
_HEAR MY PRAYER, O LORD, AND GIVE EAR UNTO MY CRY; HOLD NOT THY PEACE AT MY TEARS: FOR I AM A STRANGER WITH THEE, AND A SOJOURNER, AS ALL MY FATHERS WERE._ Hear my prayer, O Lord ... hold not thy pea...
This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin (Psalms 39:9), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at first...
STRANGER.. SOJOURNER] The fact that life is transient becomes here a plea for favour....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
FOR I AM A STRANGER. — A reminiscence of Genesis 23:4, and adopted 1 Peter 2:11 from the LXX. (See _New Testament Commentary,_ and comp. Hebrews 11:13.) The psalmist, like the Apostle, applies Abraham...
_[Psalms 39:13]_ שִֽׁמְעָ֥ה ־תְפִלָּתִ֨י ׀ יְהוָ֡ה וְ שַׁוְעָתִ֨י
Psalms 39:1 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 floodgates. Th...
THE FLEETING MEASURE OF OUR DAYS Psalms 39:1 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to the depths...
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...
_Withhold not. The prophet now speaks in the name of Christ's mystical body, the Church, praying to be made a partaker of mercy, and to be delivered from evils, (Worthington) or Christ speaks as the v...
I have made no break or interruption in these verses, because the subject through the whole is one and the same. Under several very striking and elegant similitudes, the Psalmist in his prayer shows t...
_THE PILGRIM’S PRAYER_ ‘Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not Thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with Thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spare me, that I ma...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
12_Hear my prayer, O Jehovah! _David gradually increases his vehemence in prayer. He speaks first of _prayer; _in the second place, of _crying; _and in the third place, of _tears _This gradation is no...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39. Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the upright, and forgivene...
HEAR MY PRAYER, O LORD,.... Which was, that he would remove the affliction from him that lay so hard and heavy upon him; AND GIVE EAR UNTO MY CRY; which shows the distress he was in, and the vehemenc...
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were]. Ver. 12. _Hear my prayer, O Lord, give...
Psa. 39:12 Psa. 39:12. David asks mercy as a stranger, having reference to the Law often repeated in the Pentateuch, of showing mercy to strangers ("a sojourner with Thee") alluding to that which is...
_Hold not thy peace at my tears_ Joined with my prayers. _For I am a stranger_, &c. Though I be not only a native, but actually king of this land, yet, in truth, I am but a stranger and sojourner, bot...
Hear my prayer, O Lord, his appeal for relief being addressed to the mercy of Jehovah, AND GIVE EAR UNTO MY CRY, in a gracious, compassionate answer; HOLD NOT THY PEACE AT MY TEARS, which flowed with...
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 famil...
7-13 There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing...
AT MY TEARS, joined with my prayers, HEBREWS 5:7. I AM A STRANGER: though I be not only a native, but either anointed or actually king of this land; yet in truth I am but a stranger, both in regard of...
Psalms 39:12 Hear H8085 (H8798) prayer H8605 LORD H3068 ear H238 (H8685) cry H7775 silent H2790 ...
4). RECOGNISING THE BREVITY OF A MAN'S LIFE ON THIS EARTH, IN COMPARISON WITH GOD'S, HE PRAYS THAT HE MAY BE RESTORED AND GIVEN A LITTLE MORE TIME BEFORE HIS LIFE IS FINALLY OVER SO THAT HE CAN MAKE G...
Psalms 39:6 , PSALMS 39:12 I. Observe the very forcible expression which is given here to the thought of life common to both verses. (1) "Every man walketh in a vain show." The force of the expression...
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 him, which I am sorry to say is a very common disease...
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 is what David said; what he had deliberately...
CONTENTS: The psalmist, bowed down with sorrow and sickness, is burdened with unbelieving thoughts and prays for help. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should not feed the fire of discontent b...
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,_ which...
_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 repress...
_Hold not Thy peace at my tears._ EARTHLY TEARS AND HEAVENLY SONGS This is a beautiful world, but there are tears in it. All eyes have them, and they fall fast and often. Their causes are varied. 1...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:1. This psalm allows those who are suffering to express their confusion to God. The circumstances of the suffering are left vague, although there is acknowledgment of sin...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:7 The singer asks God to DELIVER him FROM ALL his TRANSGRESSIONS, thus admitting that he deserves God’s REBUKES FOR SIN....
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; 1 Chronicles 25:6...
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 him, has...
Psa 39:1-13. Jeduthun was one of David's musicians, as was Asaph. 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...
1 Chronicles 29:15; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 2:11; 2 Corinthians 5:6;...