Psalm 39
August 12, 2026
preached by Chris Audino
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don’t waste it.”

~ Lecrae Devaughn Moore (1979-present), American musician, record and film producer, record executive, actor, and entrepreneur

“The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.”

“There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.”

~ Billy Graham (1918-2018), American minister and evangelist

“You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last.”

~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65), Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist

“God did not derive His being from any other – His ‘is-ness’ is underived, original, eternal!”

~ Sinclair Ferguson (1948-present), Scottish minister and professor

“How completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has none. Eternal years lie in His heart. For Him time does not pass, it remains; and those who are in Christ share with Him all the riches of limitless time and endless years. God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which He must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.”

~ A.W. Tozer (1897-1963), American minister and author

Sermon Passage

Psalm 39 (CSB)

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

¹ I said, “I will guard my ways so that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are in my presence.” ² I was speechless and quiet; I kept silent, even from speaking good, and my pain intensified. ³ My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, a fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:

⁴ “LORD, make me aware of my end and the number of my days so that I will know how short-lived I am. ⁵ In fact, you have made my days just inches long, and my life span is as nothing to you. Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor. Selah ⁶ Yes, a person goes about like a mere shadow. Indeed, they rush around in vain, gathering possessions without knowing who will get them.

⁷ “Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. ⁸ Rescue me from all my transgressions; do not make me the taunt of fools. ⁹ I am speechless; I do not open my mouth because of what you have done. ¹⁰ Remove your torment from me. Because of the force of your hand I am finished. ¹¹ You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; yes, every human being is only a vapor. Selah ¹² “Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry for help; do not be silent at my tears. For I am here with you as an alien, a temporary resident like all my ancestors.

¹³ Turn your angry gaze from me so that I may be cheered up before I die and am gone.”