every man. Hebrew. 'Ish. App-14.
walketh: i.e. walketh to and fro, or habitually.
in. vain shew. only in. mere form. Hebrew. ze lem. Occurs thirty-three times. Always rendered image, except here and Daniel 3:19 ("form").
Verse Psalms 39:6. _WALKETH IN A VAIN SHOW_] בצלם _betselem_, in a _shadow_. He is but the _semblance_ of being: he appears for a while, and then _vanisheth_ away. Some of the fathers read, "Although...
SURELY EVERY MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHOW - Margin, “an image.” The word rendered “vain show” - צלם _tselem_ - means properly a shade, a shadow; and then, an image or likeness, as shadowing forth any re...
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...
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...
Only as a phantom doth each walk to and fro: Only for vanity do they turmoil: One heapeth up, and he will not know who doth gather the hoard. Man is an unsubstantial phantom (or _shadow_, lit. _ima...
IN A VAIN SHEW— _In a vain shew of happiness._ Green. The word צלם _tselem,_ is only used twice in the psalms: Here, and Psalms 73:20 in both which places it signifies what is imaginary, in opposition...
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...
_SURELY EVERY MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHEW: SURELY THEY ARE DISQUIETED IN VAIN: HE HEAPETH UP RICHES, AND KNOWETH NOT WHO SHALL GATHER THEM._ Surely every man walketh in a vain show - Hebrew, 'only as...
39:6 show; (b-7) Lit. 'in an image (shadow).' vain; (c-13) Or 'for vanity,' as vers. 5,11.Job 7:16 ....
IN A VAIN SHEW] RM 'as a shadow,' like a phantom in a dream: the eager efforts of life are contrasted with the emptiness of their results....
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...
SURELY EVERY MAN ... — Better, _only as a shadow walks a man._ A very commonplace of poetry, from the σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωποι of Pindar downwards. Thus Sophocles, “I see that we who live are nothing else...
_[Psalms 39:7]_ אַךְ ־בְּ צֶ֤לֶם ׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ ־אִ֗ישׁ...
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...
Thoughts, or designs, "over us," as Hebrew adds. No one can fathom the counsels of the Lord. It is folly, therefore, to attack his mysteries. (Haydock) --- Like. Protestants, "and thy thoughts which a...
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...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
6._Surely man walketh in a shadow. _(69) He still prosecutes the same subject. By the word _shadow, _he means, that there is nothing substantial in man, but that he is only, as we say, a vain show, an...
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...
SURELY EVERY MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHOW,.... Or "in an image" z; not "in the image of the Lord", as the Targum; in the image in which God created man, for that is lost; nor in that which is stamped on...
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them. Ver. 6. _Surely every man walketh in a vain show_] Heb. in...
_Surely every man walketh_ Passeth the course of his life; or, goeth about busily or restlessly hither and thither, as יתהלךְ, _jithhallech_, implies, and as the next verb more plainly expresses: _In...
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...
Surely every man walketh in a vain show, an unsubstantial shadow like the image of himself cast on the ground by the light; SURELY THEY ARE DISQUIETED IN VAIN, only for a breath they make a noise, all...
A VAIN SHOW: _ Heb._ image...
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...
WALKETH, i. e. passeth the course of his life; or goeth about busily and restlessly, hither and thither, as this verb in this conjugation signifies, and as the next verb more plainly expresseth. IN A...
Psalms 39:6 man H376 walks H1980 (H8691) shadow H6754 themselves H1993 (H8799) vain H1892 up H6651 ...
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...
Psalms 39:6 I. The central superficialness of this age, and of what calls itself its theology, is that it is so occupied with things of sense or intellect which do not bear on man's inner nature, that...
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...
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...
_Surely every man walketh in a vain show._ THE BITTERNESS AND BLESSEDNESS OF THE BREVITY OF LIFE (with Psalms 39:12):--These two sayings are two different ways of putting the same thing. There is a c...
_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...
1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Peter 5:7; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 12:13;...
Vain shew — Heb. in a shadow or image; in an imaginary rather than a real life: in the pursuit of vain imaginations, in which there is nothing solid or satisfactory: man in and his life, and all his h...