...the number of his months are with Thee ; Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass c. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what is it ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, and mine...

...heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days,...how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; i>ere. and mine age is as nothing before thee: 'verily every man l^1 f at his best...

...! and how far wiser the man, who, considering his latter end, offers the Psalmist's prayer, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am." (Ps. xxxix. 4.) But again, the man, who would rightly number his days, will be chiefly anxious to do...

...their endeavours and prayers for the attainment of it. David prays thus: ' Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days what it is: that I may know how frail I am.'k It is not to be understood as if he desired to know, in a literal sense, what year or day his...

...therefore, with much propriety be said, We are fearfully made. The Psalmist prays, O make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. Surely every man, at his best estate, is altogether vanity. The sacred volume, to express the vanity...

...realizing view of the shortness and uncertainty of life. "Lord, make me to know mine end," says he, " and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am." Brethren, may we feel the just force of the wishes here expressed ! May we so learn to " number our...

...I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, an<i nd she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to th 6 Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing t>eibre thee : verily...

...which therefore we ought by prayer humbly and earnestly to ask of him. So David doth in my text; Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, &c. One would think this were a needless prayer ; for who knows not that he must die, and that the...

...which therefore we ought by prayer humbly and earnestly to ask of him. So David doth in my text; Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, &c. One would think this were a needless prayer ; for who knows not that he must die, and that the...

...My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned : then spat I with my tongue. 4 LORD, .9 an handbreadth ; and mine age is as no thing before thee : verily every man at hi best state is altogether...