Psalms 39:1 says,To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Again, there are instructions from David, then verse one says, I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. David said he had taken heed of his ways and had controlled his tongue. We as Christians need to heed our ways and control our tongue today. We need to live and speak in such a way that we always bring glory to God. Verse two adds, I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. David said he remained silent, even when he thought it would be good for him to speak, and this caused him sorrow. I don't believe that we should ever be reluctant to speak when it is good to do so, and if we do it may lead us to sorrow. Verse three continues, My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, David said that there was a fire in his heart as he mused and held his tongue. Sometimes, if we are holding back from speaking, it may feel like our soul is burning with a desire to speak. David said at this time, he did speak. Verse four states, LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. When David did speak, it was to God, and not to the wicked around him. David asked God to let him know when and how he was going to die so that he might know how frail he was. Matthew Henry says that this was more of a prayer to consider his mortality, than for a specific time. We do need to consider the fact that we will one day die, but we need to leave the time of that up to God. Even when we feel very frail, God is still in charge. Verse five adds, Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. David said that his life, as is the life of every person, is but as a handbreath to God. David also said that at his best, his life was as nothing compared to God. The only value our life has is the value that God has placed on it. Verse six continues, Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. David then said that what we gain in this world is of little lasting value. Whatever we possess when we die will go to someone else. Only our relationship with Jesus Christ will matter. Verse seven asks, And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. David asked what did he have to wait for and hope for in this world. He then said his hope was in the LORD. Nothing in this world will ever bring us salvation outside of following God's will for our life through faith in Jesus Christ. Verse eight says, Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. David asked God to deliver him from his transgressions and to jot make him a reproach for the foolish. We always need to ask God for His forgiveness when we know that we have allowed sin back into our life. Verse nine adds, I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. David said he hadn't spoken because God had caused him not to. We need to speak when God calls us to, but we also need to be silent when He doesn't. Verse ten continues, Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. David asked God to remove His punishment from him. As followers of Christ, we already have God's punishment removed from us, but He may still rebuke us if we allow sin back into our lives. Verse eleven declares, When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. David said that when God rebuked a person, all the beauty in his or her life was consumed like a moth. The things of this world which may look beautiful to us will never last if they are not built on God's word and in accordance with His will. Verse twelve adds, Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. David asked God to hear him and declared himself to be a sojourner in this life. He also declared himself to be a stranger to God as were the people of Israel before God revealed Himself to them. We are all just traveling through this world, and until we respond to God's call we will always be strangers to Him. Verse thirteen continues, O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. David then asked God to spare his life. As long as we live, it will be God Who is sustaining our life.
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