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Verse Psalms 39:5. _MY DAYS_ AS _A HANDBREADTH_] My life is but a
_span_; σπιθαμητουβιου.
_AND MINE AGE_ IS _AS NOTHING_] כאין _keein_, as _if at were_ _not
before thee_. All _time_ is swallowed up i...
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BEHOLD, THOU HAST MADE MY DAYS AS AN HANDBREADTH - literally, “Lo,
handbreadths hast thou given my days.” The word rendered
“handbreadth” means properly the spread hand; the palm; the hand
when the fo...
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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...
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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...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
AGE. lifetime. Hebrew. _heled._ See note on "world" (Psalms 49:1).
AT HIS BEST STATE. though standing fast, or firmly established.
ALTOGETHER VANITY. o...
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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...
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as _a handbreadth_ Better, _a few handbreadths long_. The shortest
measure is enough to reckon life by. The -handbreadth" = four
-fingers" (Jeremiah 52:21 compared with 1 Kings 7:26) or less than
half...
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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...
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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...
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_BEHOLD, THOU HAST MADE MY DAYS AS AN HANDBREADTH; AND MINE AGE IS AS
NOTHING BEFORE THEE: VERILY EVERY MAN AT HIS BEST STATE IS ALTOGETHER
VANITY. SELAH._
And mine age (note, 'the world'-same Hebrew...
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39:5 placed, (a-23) Or 'who standeth.'...
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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...
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VANITY] or, 'a breath' (Heb.)....
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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...
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HANDBREADTH. — Better, _some spans long._ The plural without the
article having this indefinite sense.
MINE AGE. — Literally, _duration._ (See Psalms 17:14.) The LXX. and
Vulg. have “substance.”
BEFO...
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_[Psalms 39:6]_ הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָחֹ֨ות ׀
נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י וְ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is]
as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is]
altogether (e) vanity. Selah.
(e) Yet David offended in that he r...
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_Vanities. Hebrew, "the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies."
(Protestants) (Haydock) --- All the world is vanity, (Psalm xxxviii.
6., &c.; Calmet) though idolatry may be here meant. (St. Cyril)_...
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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...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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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...
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BEHOLD, THOU HAST MADE MY DAYS [AS] AN HANDBREADTH,.... These words,
with the following clause, are the psalmist's answer to his own
inquiries; or rather a correction of his inquiry and impatience,
sh...
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Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is]
as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is]
altogether vanity. Selah.
Ver. 5. _Behold, thou hast made my days...
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_Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth_ The breadth of four
fingers, a certain dimension, a small one, and the measure whereof we
have always about us, always before our eyes. We need no ro...
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Behold, Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, a mere span of life
being assigned to each mortal; AND MINE AGE IS AS NOTHING BEFORE THEE,
before the face of the eternal God. VERILY, EVERY MAN AT HI...
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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...
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AT HIS BEST STATE:
_ Heb._ settled...
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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...
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AS AN HANDBREADTH, which is one of the least measures, i.e. very
short. These and the following words are either,
1. A continuance of his complaint, that although his days were of
themselves very sho...
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Psalms 39:5 made H5414 (H8804) days H3117 handbreadths H2947 age H2465
every H3605 man H120 state H5324 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Behold, Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth: and mine age is as
nothing before Thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether
vanity._
THE BREVITY AND VANITY OF HUMAN LIFE
These simple...
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_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...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:4 To really understand how brief life is
would protect the singer from wasting his life in pursuing wealth.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Peter 3:8; Ecclesiastes 1:2; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Genesis 47:9;...
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Before thee — If compared with thee, and with thy everlasting
duration....