Psaume 39:7

7 Maintenant, Seigneur, que puis-je espérer? En toi est mon espérance.

Psaume 39:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for?
&c.] 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 judging and acting; making the Lord the object of his hope and trust, expecting all good things, grace and glory, alone from him; and this is the hope which makes not ashamed.

Psaume 39:7 In-Context

5 Voici, tu as donné à mes jours la largeur de la main, Et ma vie est comme un rien devant toi. Oui, tout homme debout n'est qu'un souffle. -Pause.

6 Oui, l'homme se promène comme une ombre, Il s'agite vainement; Il amasse, et il ne sait qui recueillera.

7 Maintenant, Seigneur, que puis-je espérer? En toi est mon espérance.

8 Délivre-moi de toutes mes transgressions! Ne me rends pas l'opprobre de l'insensé!

9 Je reste muet, je n'ouvre pas la bouche, Car c'est toi qui agis.