Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
Commentaries
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High - The powerful and the proud, such persons as an old man in his timidity might shrink from opposing or meeting: or, high ground which o…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The old man is surrounded by terrors; terrors from above, terrors on his path: everything he previously delighted in no longer has charm for him; t…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish–
This is on…
John Gill
JohnGill
Also when they shall be afraid of [that which is] high
Not of the most high God, before whose tribunal they must sho…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek forgiveness. We should also remember our duties and set about them, looking to hi…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes