How would knowing the day of his death help David in Psalm 39:4-5?
4 “Show me, LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. 5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.
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Asked July 14 2021
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Jack Gutknecht
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Tim Maas
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I would say that David was not wanting to know the specific date on which he would die just as a piece of information, but instead was asking God to keep him mindful of his mortality and of the relative brevity of his lifespan (however long it might be) in the context of eternity in order 1) to keep him from becoming prideful; 2) to give him a sense of urgency about doing the work that God wanted him to do; and also 3) to allow him to have patience in bearing whatever adversity God might allow to befall him during his earthly existence.
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