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**Title. A Psalm** = Mizmor. See App-65 .
**of David** = by David, and relating to the true David. The Psalm is a continuation of the subject of this last group of four Psalms. [Psalms 39:2](../../../kjv/psalms/39/2) :9 link it on to [Psalms 38:13](../../../kjv/psalms/38/13) ; and [Psalms 39:1](../../../kjv/psalms/39/1) to [Psalms 38:17](../../../kjv/psalms/38/17) . See note on Title of [Psalms 38:1](../../../kjv/psalms/38/1) .
**I said** = I formed this resolution ([Psalms 38:7](../../../kjv/psalms/38/7) ).
**take heed** = observe, keep, or guard.
**sin.** Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 .
**keep:** same as "take heed to", above. Septuagint and Vulgate read "I did put".
**a bridle** = a muzzle.
**the wicked** = a lawless one. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .

**dumb:** as if tongue-tied.
**good.** Perhaps the *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) may be supplied "from good [words]". See P.B.V.

**frail** = short lived.

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**age** = lifetime. Hebrew. *heled.* See note on "world" ([Psalms 49:1](../../../kjv/psalms/49/1) ).
**at his best state** = though standing fast, or firmly established.
**altogether vanity** = only all vanity. Some codices, with Syriac, omit "all".
**Selah.** Connecting the vanity of [Psalms 39:5](../../../kjv/psalms/39/5) with the expansion and explanation of it in [Psalms 39:6](../../../kjv/psalms/39/6) . See App-66 .

**every man.** Hebrew. *'Ish* . App-14 .
**walketh:** i.e. walketh to and fro, or habitually.
**in a vain shew** = only in a mere form. Hebrew. *ze* lem. Occurs thirty-three times. Always rendered image, except here and [Daniel 3:19](../../../kjv/daniel/3/19) ("form").

**LORD*.** The primitive text read "Jehovah". This is one of the 134 places where the *Sopherim* altered Jehovah to "Adonai". See App-32 .
**is** = "it [is]"

**transgressions.** Hebrew. *pasha'.*
**the foolish** = a foolish one.

**blow** = pressure.
**hand.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .

**man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . See note on "moth", below.
**moth.** Hebrew. *'ash.* Forming the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), connecting man (' *ish)* with a moth ( *'ash* ).
**Selah.** Connecting human vanity with an abiding reality and a divinely provided resource prayer, and hope in Jehovah. See App-66 .

**recover strength** = be comforted. Hebrew "brighten up".

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