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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
O spare me,.... Or "look from me" (f); turn away thy fierce countenance from me; or "cease from me (g), and let me alone"; as in Job 10:20; from whence the words seem to be taken, by what follows: that I may recover strength; both corporeal and spiritual: before I go hence; out of this world by death: and be no more; that is, among men in the land of the living; not but that he believed he should...
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
O spare me, — “Deal gently with me; do not break me in pieces. If thou must needs smite me, yet do not altogether crush me. O spare me,” — Psa_39:13. That I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. “Let me be able to take a little nourishment, and to gather my faculties together yet again, that I may sing to thee some sweeter hymn before I cease to be in the land of the living,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. There is much sweet comfort here, though the Psalm reads like a dirge, rather than a hymn. God give us, if we are obliged to sing such words as these, to sing them with a full belief that the Lord will hear us, and will bless our trials to us, and make them work our lasting good!
Charles H. Spurgeon
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!” Psa_39:13. That I may...
Charles H. Spurgeon
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.