5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth. Upon consideration, the psalmist finds little room to bewail the length
of life, but rather to bemoan its shortness. A handbreadth is one of the
shortest natural measures; such is the brevity of life, by divine appointment.
The behold calls us to attention: how well should those live who are to
live so little! And mine age is as nothing before thee. Think of
eternity, and the world is as a fresh blown bubble, and man a nullity. Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. This is the surest truth,
that nothing about man is either sure or true. Take man at his best, he is but
a mere breath. Man is settled, as the margin has it, and by divine
decree it is settled that he shall not be settled. His best, of which he is
vain, is but vain. This is sad news for those whose treasures are beneath the
moon; but those whose best estate is settled upon them in Christ Jesus may
rejoice that it is no vain thing in which they trust.
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