Shortcomings

(Psa 39:4 KJV)  LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

(Proverbs 6 also read)

Again, the Septuagint has an interesting spin on this verse.  I’m not reading in the Septuagint per se, but I do have it on my screen next to the Legacy Standard Bible, that I am reading Psalms in.  At times, I noticed differences and this is one of them.  Notice what the Septuagint has to say,

Psalms 39:4 (BES) (38:5) O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack.

The difference from the KJV is not startling, but it gives us a good insight into what the author may be saying.  According to this understanding, we want to know the time we have left not to remind us of our frailty, but to stimulate us to spiritual growth.

What do we “lack?  Of course that brings along the question of what can we do about it and what should we do about it.

So?  The ball is in your court,.  God is speaking.  The Holy Spirit is leading.  Do you see any area where you can improve.  That is a rhetorical question.