Psalm 39:7-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 39:7-13

The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend all the comforts of life, here, in these verses, turns his eyes and heart heaven-ward. When there is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature it is to be found in God, and in communion with him; and to him we should be driven by our disappointments in the world. David here expresses, I. His dependence on God, Ps. 39:7. Seeing all is vanity, and man himself is so, 1.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for ?.... Look for, or expect, in this view of things? not long life, since the days of man are so short, and his age as nothing; not help from man, since he is altogether vanity; not riches and honour, since they are such poor, fading, perishing things; but the glories of another world, and the enjoyment of the Lord himself, both in this and that; my hope is in thee ; the psalmist now returns to himself, and comes to his right mind, and to a right way of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:8

Deliver me from all my transgressions ,.... Which were the cause and occasion of all his distresses, inward and outward; and the deliverance prayed for includes a freedom from the dominion of sin, which is by the power of efficacious grace; and from the guilt of sin, which is by the application of the blood of Christ; and from obligation to punishment for it, or deliverance from wrath to come, which is through Christ's being made a curse, and enduring wrath in the room and stead of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:9

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ,.... This refers either to his former silence, before he broke it, Psalm 39:1 , or to what he after that came into again, when he had seen the folly of his impatience, the frailty of his life, the vanity of man, and all human affairs, and had been directed to place his hope and confidence in the Lord, Psalm 39:5 ; or to the present frame of his mind, and his future conduct, he had resolved upon; and may be rendered, "I am dumb"; or "will be dumb, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:10

Remove thy stroke away from me ,.... The psalmist still considers his affliction as coming from the hand of God, as his stroke upon him, and which lay as a heavy burden on him, and which God only could remove; and to him he applies for the removal of it, who is to be sought unto by his people to do such things for them; nor is such an application any ways contrary to that silence and patience before expressed; I am consumed by the blow of thine hand ; meaning either that his flesh was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:11

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity ,.... The psalmist illustrates his own case, before suggested, by the common case and condition of men, when God corrects them; which he has a right to do, as the Father of spirits, and which he does with rebukes; sometimes with rebukes of wrath, with furious rebukes, rebukes in flames of fire, as the men of the world; and sometimes with rebukes of love, the chastenings of a father, as his own dear children; and always for iniquity,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:12

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 vehemency with which he put up his petition to the Lord; hold not thy peace at my tears ; which were shed in great plenty, through the violence of the affliction, and in his fervent prayers to God; see Hebrews 5:7 ; for I am a stranger with thee ; not to God, to Christ, to the Spirit,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:13

O spare me ,.... Or "look from me" F6 השע ממני "respice aliorsum a me", Gejerus; "averte visum a me", Michaelis. ; turn away thy fierce countenance from me; or "cease from me F7 "Desine a me", Pagninus; "desiste a me", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "cessa a me", Vatablus. , and let me alone"; as in Job 10:20 ; from whence the words seem to be taken, by what follows: that I may recover strength ; both corporeal and spiritual: before I go hence ; out of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for? - Have I any object of pursuit in life, but to regain thy favor and thine image. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 39:8

Deliver one from all may transgressions - I seek the pardon of my sins; I expect it from thy mercy. Grant it, "that I be not the reproach of the foolish," (the godless and the profane), who deride my expectation, and say no such blessings can be had. Let them know, by thy saving me, that there is a God who heareth prayer, and giveth his Holy Spirit to all them that ask him. read more

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