John Trapp on Psalms 39:6

Verſ. 6. Surely every man walk[illegible: 1 letter]th in a vain ſhew] Heb. In an image, or, in a ſhadow, as Job 14. 2. in the ſhadow of death as ſome ſenſe it; his life is like a picture drawn upon the water, ſaith Theodoret; it paſſeth away as an haſty, headlong torrent. Verily, ſurely, ſurely, it is ſo; Selah, you may ſeal to it.

Surely they are diſquieted in vain] Heb. They keep a ſtirre, and trouble the World, as did great Alexander; who ſurfetting of his exceſſive fortunes, from the darling of Heaven,Two fits of an ague could ſhake greit Tamerlan to death. came to be the diſdain of the Earth, which hee had ſo oft diſquieted. So the Emperour Adrian, who troubling himſelf and others to little good purpoſe, dyed with this ſaying in his mouth, Omnia fui, & nibil profuit, I have tryed all concluſions, but go nothing. And ſaith not Salomon as much in his Eccleſia ſtes?

Hee heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who ſhall gather them] i.e. Enjoy them. See Eccleſ. 2.18, 19. and be moderate. Think when you lock up your mony in your cheſt (ſaith One who ſhall ſhortly lock you up in your coffin. Think how that this very night thy ſoul may he required of thee; and then whoſe ſhall thoſe things be which thou haſt provided. Luk. 12.20?