Psalms 39:11

When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. [Selah.]

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

10Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.

12Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent,—For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.

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Cross References

Job 4:19How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

Job 13:28And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

Psalms 38:1O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me;

Psalms 102:10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Hosea 5:12But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim,—and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.

1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause, many among you are weak and sickly; and, not a few, are falling asleep.

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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