Psalms 39:11
(39:12) When thou with corrections chastisest man for iniquity, thou causest his excellence to melt away as [if eaten by] the moth: yea, nothing but vanity is every man. Selah.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
10(39:11) Remove thou thy plague away from me: from the blows of thy hand am I consumed.
Cross References
Job 4:19How much less in those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed till they come to be eaten by the moth?
Job 13:28And yet the body decayeth like a rotten thing, as a garment that the moth hath eaten.
Psalms 38:1“A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” (38:2) O Lord, correct me not in thy wrath, nor chastise me in thy fury.
Psalms 102:10(102:11) Because of thy indignation and thy wrath; for thou hadst lifted me up, and hast cast me down.
Hosea 5:12But like the moth became I unto Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
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 →