Age Altogether Behold Best Breath Estate Handbreadth Hand-breadth Handbreadths Hand-breadths Hand's Hast Lifetime Life-time Longer Man's Measure Mere Nothing Placed Selah Sight Span Stands State Surely Truly Vanity Verily
39:5 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 {e} vanity. Selah.
(e) Yet David offended in that he reasoned with God as though he were too severe toward his weak creature.
39:5 Before thee - If compared with thee, and with thy everlasting duration.
39:1-6 If an evil thought should arise in the mind, suppress it. Watchfulness in the habit, is the bridle upon the head; watchfulness in acts, is the hand upon the bridle. When not able to separate from wicked men, we should remember they will watch our words, and turn them, if they can, to our disadvantage. Sometimes it may be necessary to keep silence, even from good words; but in general we are wrong when backward to engage in edifying discourse. Impatience is a sin that has its cause within ourselves, and that is, musing; and its ill effects upon ourselves, and that is no less than burning. In our greatest health and prosperity, every man is altogether vanity, he cannot live long; he may die soon. This is an undoubted truth, but we are very unwilling to believe it. Therefore let us pray that God would enlighten our minds by his Holy Spirit, and fill our hearts with his grace, that we may be ready for death every day and hour.
Age Altogether Best Breath Estate Few Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Hand's High Lifetime Measure Mere Selah Sight Span Stands State Surely Vanity Verily
Age Altogether Best Breath Estate Few Handbreadth Hand-Breadth Hand's High Lifetime Measure Mere Selah Sight Span Stands State Surely Vanity Verily
