...tree fell on him, and crushed him, and occasioned his death. Though he was taken, I am still left. ' Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth;...

...empty them there, they shall return in wine of strong consolation. Ver. 4. Now David's request is, Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am.] In which he does not desire a response from God,...

...return. xvii. 1. My days are extinct, my breath is corrupt, the graves are ready for inc. Ps. xxxix. 4. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. Ver. 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand.breadxh,...

...are favoured with for the advancement of divine knowledge. Lift up your heart to heaven, and say, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. So teach me to number my days, that I may apply my...

...: a fire with vehement heat in my breast, it broke forth into such expressions as these. » Ver. 4. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it it ; that I may know bow frail I um.~] Lord, I do not murmur nor repine at roy sufferings...

...hour will tell the story of a toilsome life, and another generation will forget that we have been. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth,...

...days will have an end, and we must seriously consider that. Hence says the Psalmist, Psal. xxxix. 4. * Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Every thing that is numerable has an end ; and therefore eternity cannot be numbered,...

...and the ingratitude of man ; the transient miseries of time, and the durable glories of eternity. 4. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days what it is : that / may know how frail I am. Wearied with the contradiction of sinners, and sickening...

...contrast with the Divine nature, viewed his own existence aa defective and short-lived, and exclaimed, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is" — how limited, and short, and soon run out my little term of life — " that I...

...which I now enjoy the sleep of nature, will by and by feel me chilling it with the damps of death. " Lord, make me " to know mine end and the measure of my days', • ' " what it is, that I may know how frail I am !'' And surely it requires contrivance and...