Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
His prayer is answered in his obtaining an impressive view of the vanity of the life of all men, and their transient state. Their pomp is a mere image, and their wealth is gathered they know not for whom.
Some take these words as those of fretting, but they are not essentially such. The tinge of discontent arises from the character of his suppressed emotions. But, addressing God, they are softened and subdued.
make me to know mine end—experimentally appreciate.
how frail I am—literally, "when I shall cease."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 39:5:
Genesis 4:1
Psalms 39:1
Psalms 119:87
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Matthew 6:27
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