Psalms 39:11
(39-12) With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
10(39-11) Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.
Cross References
Job 4:19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
Job 13:28Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Psalms 38:1(38-1) A Psalm of David, to make memorial. (38-2) O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger; neither chasten me in Thy wrath.
Psalms 102:10(102-11) Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
Hosea 5:12Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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 →