Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.
Cross References
Job 4:19Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
Job 13:28Such one consumeth like a rotten thing, and as a garment that is motheaten.
Psalms 38:1A Psalme of Dauid for remembrance. O Lord, rebuke mee not in thine anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath.
Psalms 102:10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast heaued me vp, and cast me downe.
Hosea 5:12Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Iudah as a rottennesse.
1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many are weake, and sicke among you, and many sleepe.
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 →