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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 39 To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, a Psalm of David. Some take Jeduthun to be the name of a musical instrument, as Jarchi, on which, and others the first word of a song, to the tune of which, this psalm was sung, as Aben Ezra; though it seems best, with Kimchi and others, to understand it as the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was sent to be made...
John Gill
Hear my prayer, O Lord,.... Which was, that he would remove the affliction from him that lay so hard and heavy upon him; and give ear unto my cry; which shows the distress he was in, and the vehemency with which he put up his petition to the Lord; hold not thy peace at my tears; which were shed in great plenty, through the violence of the affliction, and in his fervent prayers to God; see Hebrews...
Matthew Henry
David seems to have been in a great strait when he penned this psalm, and, upon some account or other, very uneasy; for it is with some difficulty that he conquers his passion, and composes his spirit himself to take that good counsel which he had given to others (xxxvii.) to rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him, without fretting; for it is easier to give the good advice than to give the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; See how David’s “prayer” grows into a “cry.” It deepens in intensity; there is more power in a cry than in an ordinary prayer, it shows more earnestness, and implies greater urgency: “Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry.” Psa_39:12. Hold not thy peace at my tears: That is a still more powerful mode of pleading. Tears are the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely every man is vanity. Selah. Hear my prayer, O LORD, “If I cannot do anything else, I can pray, and I will pray.” That is the best relief that mourners have: “Hear my prayer, O Lord.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
And give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: “Do not see me weeping, and yet refuse me comfort and relief. Do not, I pray thee, hear my cry, and yet turn thy back upon me.” Psa_39:12. For I am a stranger with thee, Notice, not a stranger to thee, but, “a stranger with thee. Thou art a stranger in thine own world, and I also am a stranger here.” Men will not entertain the King, for...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear my prayer, O LORD, David is dumb, yet he prays, dumb as to complaints, but eloquent as to pleading with his God. Psa_39:12. And give ear unto my cry; — The psalmist goes from pleading to crying, and believers often thus intensify their prayers. There is something more sorrowful, more earnest, more prevalent, about crying unto God than mere ordinary praying: “Give ear unto my cry;” —...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: Tears have ever had great prevalence with God. Christ used these sacred weapons when, “with strong...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. “I am not a stranger to thee, O my God! Blessed be thy holy name, I know thee well; but ‘I am a stranger with thee.’ Thou art a stranger in shine own world, and so am I. The world knows thee not, and the world knows me not; and when I act as thou actest, the world hateth me even as it hateth thee.”