Psalm 39:7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in you.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
9 I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
for it is you who have done it.
10 Remove your stroke from me;
I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
11 When you discipline a man
with rebukes for sin,
you consume like a moth what is dear to him;
surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
David is struggling with two things: his sin and the brevity of life. You really do need to read the full psalm to get how the heart of it - these central verses, relate to what comes before and after it. In the preceding verses, we find that David is struggling with how short life really is - too short to be keeping long accounts with God. Then, after these verses we find him calling out to God to hear him - to stop the silence and answer him. Both sections contain well-known verses we often pluck out of context, which make much more sense when we identify with the wrestling of heart David is going through. Can we identify with him?
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