O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
David confesses he was seized with extreme bitterness that forced him to break forth in complaint and vehemence he never intended. He wrestled with great effort to resist despair, and his prayers show the depth of his trouble of mind.
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Commenting on Psalm 39:1-13
When the world yields no solid satisfaction, we must look heaven-ward to God. David abandons all expectation from earthly things, nothing to wish for, nothing to hope for from this earth, and takes hold of happiness in God alone, for creature-confidences fail but He remains.
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Commenting on Psalm 39:7-13
David borrows from Job: cease Your fierce countenance from me, that I may recover strength before I depart this world. He knew he would exist after death, in heaven, but return no more to the land of the living, a phrase Scripture uses often for that final going away.
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