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Psalm 39:7 KJV

Psalms · chapter 39 · verse 7

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.Psalm 39:7 · King James Version

Psalm 39:7 in context

5Behold, 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.

6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

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Commentary

The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend all the comforts of life, here, in these verses, turns his eyes and heart heaven-ward.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13

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