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Psalm 39 Author David. Know the measure of mans days. Written to the chief musician. Here David has trouble taking his own advice that he has given to many to wait upon the Lord, be patient and not complain. He believes that his days are in the hands of the Lord and he asks that they be lengthened till he is ready for death.
It appears that it was easier for David to give the good advice that it was to give the good example. We are not told what the occasion was for the writing of this Psalm but surly it must have been the death of a person close to him or maybe even the realization of his own mortality. He appears to have been physically weak and under persecution from his enemies. Here he relates the inner struggle that he apparently always had between good and bad and between patience and impatience. He meditates upon man's mortality and asks God help in understanding it.
He asks for three things, pardon of sins, removal of afflictions and long life. This has become a funeral Psalm and rightfully so for it teaches the living of the brevity of life and the necessity of being right with the Lord.
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