Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 39:5
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Psalms39:5
(last clause). Man is vanity, i.e., he is mortal, he is mutable. Observe how emphatically this truth is expressed here.
1. Every man is vanity, without exception, high and low, rich and poor.
2. He is so at his best estate; when he is young, and strong, and healthful, in wealth and honour, etc.
3. He is altogether vanity, as vain as you can imagine.
4. Verily he is so.
5. Selah is annexed, as a note commanding observation. —Matthew Henry.
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