Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth,.... These words, with the following clause, are the psalmist's answer to his own inquiries; or rather a correction of his inquiry and impatience,…
Barnes' Notes
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth - literally, “Lo, handbreadths hast thou given my days.” The word rendered “handbreadth” means properly the spread hand; the palm; the hand when the…
David here recollects, and leaves upon record, the workings of his heart under his afflictions; and it is good for us to do so, that what was thought amiss may be amended, and what was well thought of…
Cambridge Bible
as a handbreadth Better, a few handbreadths long. The shortest measure is enough to reckon life by. The -handbreadth" = four -fingers" (Jer 52:21 compared with 1Ki 7:26) or less than half a…
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