Psalms 31:12

“So teach us to number our days, etc.] Not merely to count them, how many they are, in an arithmetical way; there is no need of divine teachings for that; some few instructions from an arithmetician, and a moderate skill in arithmetic, will enable persons not only to count the years of their lives, but even how many days they have lived: nor is this to be understood of calculating or reckoning of time to come; no man can count the number of days he has to live; the number of his days, months, and years, is with the Lord; but is hid from him: the living know they shall die; but know not how long they shall live, and when they shall die: this the Lord teaches not, nor should we be solicitous to…”

“he is forgotten as one dead, and contemned as a useless broken vessel.”

“I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind - Like the man who is dead, and who has passed away from the recollection of mankind. Compare Psalms 88:4-5. The Hebrew is, “as a dead man from the heart;” that is, from the memory or recollection of men, so as to be no more remembered; no more regarded. The expression is nearly the same in meaning as our common English proverb: “out of sight, out of mind.” The allusion is to the fact that a man who is dead is soon forgotten. He is missed at first by a few friends, while the rest of the world knows little about him, or cares little for him. He is no longer seen where he has been accustomed to be seen, at the place of business, in the social circle, in…”

“A broken vessel - Which is irreparable, and useless, and therefore despised by all. Psalms 31:13”

“forgotten: Psa 88:4, Psa 88:5; Isa 38:11, Isa 38:12 a broken vessel: Heb. a vessel that perisheth, Psa 2:9, Psa 119:83; Isa 30:14; Rom 9:21, Rom 9:22; Rev 2:27 Psalms 31:13”