Psalms 39:13. O spare me, -
That is a singular petition, for just now, he seemed to be wanting to get to the end of his days; yet he says, "O spare me," like Elias, who was afraid to die, and so ran away from Jezebel, and then prayed to God, "Let me die." So are God’s children still a mass of contradictions, longing for death, and yet, when death comes, they cry, "O spare me! O spare me!"
Psalms 39:13. That I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
"Give me a little respite, that I may take my nourishment, and have my sleep before I go hence to be no more, for soon I shall do that. But give me a little interlude first, wherein I may again take my harp, and sing to thy praise." If worldlings cannot understand this mingled experience God’s children know that this is only one of the many paradoxes with which they are perfectly familiar. In any case, may each one of us be ready when it shall be God’s time for us to "go hence, and be no more" here!
Psalms 39:13. O spare me, -
That is a singular petition, for just now, he seemed to be wanting to get to the end of his days; yet he says, "O spare me," like Elias, who was afraid to die, and so ran away from Jezebel, and then prayed to God, "Let me die." So are God’s children still a mass of contradictions, longing for death, and yet, when death comes, they cry, "O spare me! O spare me!"
Psalms 39:13. That I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
"Give me a little respite, that I may take my nourishment, and have my sleep before I go hence to be no more, for soon I shall do that. But give me a little interlude first, wherein I may again take my harp, and sing to thy praise." If worldlings cannot understand this mingled experience God’s children know that this is only one of the many paradoxes with which they are perfectly familiar. In any case, may each one of us be ready when it shall be God’s time for us to "go hence, and be no more" here!