My study notes in the NIV points out Psalm 39 could well be in Ecclesiastes. The tone is similar. David refuses to speak to not complicate his troubles but his anquish level increases. As his anquish increases he wants to see the view of life from 30,000 feet above. Life is short. We are but phantoms in our earthly existence. This Psalm is written with "the vanity of vanity" theme.
"Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it."
Dr. Evelyn Laycock once said..."we live as though we are earthly beings seeking a spiritual experience but instead we are spiritual beings having an earthly experience." We are all phantoms until our spiritual life is born!
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