Psalms 39:11

I have not hidden thy truth within my heart, 1 And I have declared thy salvation; 1 I have not hidden thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; 1 Lo! I will not refrain my lips; 1 O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness. 1

12But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; 1 Thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually. 1

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Cross References

Job 4:19But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, 1 Of whom we also are formed of the same clay, 1 He smites them like a moth. 1

Job 13:28I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, 1 Or like a moth-eaten garment.

Psalms 38:1For the end, a Song of David, to Jeduthun. 1

Psalms 102:10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, 1 Nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. 1

Hosea 5:12Therefore I will be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad 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 →

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