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Psalms 39:2-12

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2 I was 1mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse.
3 My 2heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "LORD, make me to know 3my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how 4transient I am.
5 "Behold, You have made 5my days as handbreadths, And my 6lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere 7breath. Selah.
6 "Surely every man 8walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an 9uproar for nothing; He 10amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7 "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My 11hope is in You.
8 "12Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the 13reproach of the foolish.
9 "I have become 14mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is 15You who have done it.
10 "16Remove Your plague from me; Because of 17the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
11 "With 18reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You 19consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely 20every man is a mere breath. Selah.
12 "21Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent 22at my tears; For I am 23a stranger with You, A 24sojourner like all my fathers.
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My Hope is in You

Psalms 39:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, a Psalm of David. Some take Jeduthun to be the name of a musical instrument, as Jarchi, on which, and others the first word of a song, to the tune of which, this psalm was sung, as Aben Ezra; though it seems best, with Kimchi and others, to understand it as the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was sent to be made use of in public service; since Jeduthun was, with his sons, appointed by David to prophesy with harps and psalteries, and to give praise and thanks unto the Lord, 1 Chronicles 16:41; he is the same with Ethan {s}. The occasion of it is thought, by some, to be the rebellion of his son Absalom; so Theodoret thinks it was written when he fled from Absalom, and was cursed by Shimei; or rather it may be some sore affliction, which lay upon David for the chastisement of him; see Psalm 39:9; and the argument of the psalm seems to be much the same with that of the preceding one, as Kimchi observes.

{s} Vid. Hiller. Onomastic. Sacr. p. 513, 805.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

  • 1. Psalms 38:13
  • 2. Psalms 32:4; Jeremiah 20:9; Luke 24:32
  • 3. Job 6:11; Psalms 90:12; Psalms 119:84
  • 4. Psalms 78:39; Psalms 103:14
  • 5. Psalms 89:47
  • 6. Psalms 144:4
  • 7. Job 14:2; Psalms 62:9; Ecclesiastes 6:12
  • 8. 1 Corinthians 7:31; James 1:10, 11; 1 Peter 1:24
  • 9. Psalms 127:2; Ecclesiastes 5:17
  • 10. Psalms 49:10; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Luke 12:20
  • 11. Psalms 38:15
  • 12. Psalms 51:9, 14; Psalms 79:9
  • 13. Psalms 44:13; Psalms 79:4; Psalms 119:22
  • 14. Psalms 39:2
  • 15. 2 Samuel 16:10; Job 2:10
  • 16. Job 9:34; Job 13:21
  • 17. Psalms 32:4
  • 18. Ezekiel 5:15; 2 Peter 2:16
  • 19. Job 13:28; Psalms 90:7; Isaiah 50:9
  • 20. Psalms 39:5
  • 21. Psalms 102:1; Psalms 143:1
  • 22. 2 Kings 20:5; Psalms 56:8
  • 23. Leviticus 25:23; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalms 119:19; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 2:11
  • 24. Genesis 47:9

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