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4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know{H8799)} how frail I am.
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So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)David here recollects, and leaves upon record, the workings of his heart under his afflictions; and it is good for us to do so, that what was thought amiss may be amended, and what was well thought of may be improved the next time. I. He remembered the covenants he had made with God to walk circumspectly, and to be very cautious both of what he did and what he said. When at any time we are tempted…
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