Psalms 39:12
thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:
Cross References
Genesis 21:34And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.
Leviticus 25:23The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.
2 Kings 20:5Go back, and tell Ezechias the captain of my people: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: and behold I have healed thee; on the third day thou shalt go up to the temple of the Lord.
Job 13:28Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.
Psalms 56:8for nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,
Psalms 102:1The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:8-13
Confidence in God; David Pleading with God. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear unto my cry; hold… Read the whole commentary →