Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Remember how short my time is - The word rendered “time”—חלד cheled—means duration; lifetime (Psalms 39:5). It…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Remember. — The text of this clause reads, Remember I how duration, which might possibly be an incoherent sob, meaning

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Remember how short my time is. After having confessed that the severe and deplorable afflictions which had befallen the Church were to be …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

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 …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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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