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Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
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A Prayer for Now
Commentators explain that pleading with God based on the shortness of life is a valid and powerful form of prayer. The psalmist isn't being demanding but is urgently asking God to act within his brief lifespan. This encourages believers to pray for God's intervention now, recognizing that our time on earth is fleeting.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Remember how short my time is - The word rendered “time”—חלד cheled—means duration; lifetime (Psalms 39:5). It…
19th Century
Anglican
Remember. — The text of this clause reads, Remember I how duration, which might possibly be an incoherent sob, meaning
Baptist
The brevity of life makes it all the more important that we should waste none of it, and that we should appeal to the Lord to intervene speedily on…
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16th Century
Protestant
Remember how short my time is. After having confessed that the severe and deplorable afflictions which had befallen the Church were to be …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Remember how short my time is In this world man's time here is fixed, and it is but a short time; his life is but a …
Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with His promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfill His word. When the great Anoint…
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