Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 89:47
(47) Remember.—The text of this clause runs, Remember I how duration, which might possibly be an incoherent sob, meaning remember how quickly I pass. But since the transposition of a letter brings the clause into conformity with Psalms 39:4, “how frail I am,” it is better to adopt the change.Wherefore hast thou . . .—Literally, for what vanity hast thou created all men?“Count all the joys thine hours have seen,Count all the days from anguish free,And know, whatever thou hast been,’Twere... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 89:46
(46) How long.—With this persistent cry of the Maccabæan age (see Psalms 74:10), the poet shows that faith is not extinct, though it has a sore struggle with despair. read more