Psalms 39:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

Psalms 39:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Job 14:13
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!
Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Dead (people)Death Dying Graces Ignorance Knowledge Life

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4-7. Some take these words as those of fretting, but they are not essentially such. The tinge of discontent arises from the character of his suppressed emotions. But, addressing God, they are softened and subdued. make me to know mine end--experimentally appreciate. how frail I am--literally, “when I shall cease.”