Psalm 39:7

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 39:1-13

Psalms 39:1-13I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle.Thought and prayer under trialI. Thought under trial.1. Its utterance repressed. “I said, I will take heed to my ways.”(1) This effort as repression was pious. Why did he essay to “muzzle” his tongue? “That I sin not.” He felt in all probability that the circumstances which brought on his sufferings had awakened within him such sceptical ideas concerning the rectitude... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 39:7-8

Psalms 39:7-8And now, Lord, what wait I for?my hope is in Thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. The appeal and prayer of a waiting soulI. His waiting.1. What he did not wait for--not for any earthly good.2. What he did wait for--manifestation of love of God. Removal of affliction. The subdual of his sins. A smile from God. God’s will to be done in him.II. His hope--God.III. His prayer--“Deliver me from all,” etc.1. From the guilt;2. The filth;3.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 39:7

Psa 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee. Ver. 7. And now, Lord, what wait I for? ] q.d. Absit ergo ut de istis quisquiliis sim anxius, Far be it from me to trouble myself about these transitory trifles; I am bent to depend on thee alone, to wait for thy favour, and desire it above all earthly felicity; to place all my hope on thee alone (Beza), who, being my Lord, wilt not, canst not cast off thy poor servant, who desireth to fear thy name. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 39:7

what wait: Psalms 130:5, Psalms 130:6, Genesis 49:18, Luke 2:25 hope: Psalms 38:15, Psalms 119:81, Psalms 119:166, Job 13:15, Romans 15:13 Reciprocal: Psalms 62:5 - my Psalms 69:3 - I wait Psalms 71:5 - For thou Psalms 146:5 - whose Proverbs 11:23 - desire Ecclesiastes 2:20 - General Isaiah 8:17 - I will Lamentations 3:25 - good Matthew 13:45 - seeking read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.Mow Lord — Seeing this life and all its enjoyments are so vain and short.My hope — I will seek for happiness no where but in God. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 39:7

7. And now From this humiliating picture, he turns his thought to God for comfort. What wait I for Literally, what have I expected? What have I rested my hopes on? Quickly he answers, My hope is in thee Not in man, not in earthly things, not in doctrines of immortality even, objectively considered or speculatively admitted, but “in thee,” the living God. read more