Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 39:4
My end — Make me sensible of the shortness and uncertainly of life, and the near approach of death.
My end — Make me sensible of the shortness and uncertainly of life, and the near approach of death.
Verse Psalms 39:4. _LORD, MAKE ME TO KNOW MINE END_] I am weary of life; I wish to know _the measure of my days_, that I may see how long I have to suffer, and _how frail_ I am. I wish to know what is...
LORD, MAKE ME TO KNOW MINE END - This expresses evidently the substance of those anxious and troubled thoughts Psalms 39:1 to which he had been unwilling to give utterance. His thoughts turned on the...
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...
FRAIL. short lived....
His prayer is not that he may know how much of life is left him; as the P.B.V. _that I may be certified how long I have to live_, paraphrasing the LXX. ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ : _ut sciam quid desit mih...
Silence has proved impossible. He must give vent to his emotions, and he breaks out into a prayer that he may be taught so to understand the frailty of his life and the vanity of human aims, that he m...
DISCOURSE: 568 THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE Psalms 39:4. _Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an h...
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; who observes, that this translation seems much better to...
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...
_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 the measure of my days, what it is. Not a pious prayer su...
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...
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...
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 length driven him. HOW FRAIL I AM. — This is to be prefe...
_[Psalms 39:5]_ הֹודִ֘יעֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ קִצִּ֗י וּ מִדַּ֣ת...
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...
_New. Excellent. (Haydock) --- I was before uttering complaints, now I give thanks with joy, for my health and conversion. (Calmet) --- Song. Hebrew, "Praise." The penitent changes his language, which...
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 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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 he finds fault with God. This will appear still more clearl...
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...
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 days, months, and years more; for though they are 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]. Ver. 4. _Lord, make me to know mine end_] This Austin expoundeth of heaven, the end of all...
_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 is; or, how near is the period of the days of my lif...
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...
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 THE MEASURE OF MY DAYS, WHAT IT IS, that this measu...
HOW FRAIL: Or, what time I have here...
1-6 If an evil thought should arise in the mind, suppress it. Watchfulness in the habit, is the bridle upon the head; watchfulness in acts, is the hand upon the bridle. When not able to separate from...
This verse contains either, 1. A correction of himself for his impatient motions or speeches, and his retirement to God for relief under these perplexing and sadding thoughts. Or, 2. A declaration o...
Psalms 39:4 LORD H3068 know H3045 (H8685) end H7093 measure H4060 days H3117 know H3045 (H8799) frail...
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 U...
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 still...
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 musician's family appear to have remained singers as lat...
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...
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...
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...
_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 days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am._...
_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...
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 39:4 To really understand how brief life is would protect the singer from wasting his life in pursuing wealth. ⇐...
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...
Job 14:13; Psalms 11:1; Psalms 90:12...