Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 39:4

4. LORD , make me to know my end , and the measure of my days, what it is , that I may know how frail I am .

This Verse contains Either, 1. A Correction of himself, for his impatient Motions or Speeches, and his Retirement to God for Relief, under these perplexing and sadding Thoughts. Or, 2. A Declaration of the Words which he spake.

Either, 1. Practically so as to prepare for it. Or, 2. Experimentally, as Words of Knowledge are oft used. And so this is a secret desire of Death, that he might be free from such Torments, as made his Life a burden to him. Or, 3. By Revelation; that I may have some Prospect or Fore-knowledge, when my Calamities will be ended: Which argued impatience, and an unwillingness to wait long for Deliverance.

(i. e.) The end of my Life, as is Evident from the following Words.

How long or short it is, or the utmost extent or Period of the days of my Life.

Or, How long, (Or, How little, for the Word may be, and is by divers Interpreters, taken both ways:) Time I have, or shall Continue here.

Marginal references: Psal. 119. 84.; Or, what time I have here.