Psalm 39:7-8 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you.… I. HIS APPEAL. It implies — 1. An experimental persuasion of insufficiency. This is engraven in characters too deep to be erased by the hand of time, and too legible to be obliterated by passing vanities. 2. A strong sense of danger. He feels that the claims of the Almighty are as imperative as they are reasonable; and he is convinced that while the affections are enslaved by earthly objects, the soul is in danger of perishing everlastingly. 3. The shallowness of those hopes which have respect to creature merit as the procuring cause of salvation. II. HIS AFFIRMATION. 1. His hope of pardon, .acceptance, and eternal salvation centred in God. 2. His hope of support, consolation and happiness was reposed in God. From the world we can often derive neither help nor sympathy; in God we have both: He relieves and He compassionates. (W. Knight, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. |
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