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Psalms 39:11
11With rebukes You discipline man for sin; You consume like a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.
Psalms 39:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah
Context of Psalms 39:11
9I am mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who has done it. 10Remove Your plague from me; I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand. With rebukes You discipline man for sin; You consume like a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah. 12“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am Your temporary guest, A sojourner like all my fathers. 13O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy Before I depart and am no more.”
Read all of Psalms 39Psalms 39:11 word by word
בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת עַל־עָוֹ֨ן׀ יִסַּ֬רְתָּ אִ֗ישׁ וַתֶּ֣מֶס כָּעָ֣שׁ חֲמוּד֑וֹ אַ֤ךְ הֶ֖בֶל כָּל־אָדָ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When thou with rebukesתּוֹכַ֫חַתtôkêchâh tôkachath · argumentH8433
- dost correctיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
- manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- for iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
- thou makest his beautyחָמַדchâmad · to desireH2530
- to consume awayמָסָהmâsâh · to liquefyH4529
- like a mothעָשׁ‛âsh ‛ăsab · mothH6211
- surely every manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- vanityהֶ֫בֶלhebel hăbêl · vanityH1892
- Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542
Cross-references for Psalms 39:11
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.
- Psalms 90:7For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been terrified.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5you are to hand over this man to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].
- Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines and corrects those whom He loves, And He punishes every son whom He receives and welcomes [to His heart].”
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will].
- Psalms 102:10Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.
- Job 4:19How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay, Whose foundations are in the dust, Who are crushed like a moth.
- Job 13:28While I waste away like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
- Job 30:30My skin falls from me in blackened flakes, And my bones are burned with fever.
- Isaiah 50:9In fact, the Lord God helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me [as guilty]? Indeed, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will eat them.
- Hosea 5:12Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
- Psalms 39:5Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths, And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.
Commentaries on Psalms 39:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11When thou with rebukes dost correct man - תוכחות tochachoth signifies a vindication of proceedings in a court of law, a legal defense. When God comes to maintain the credit and authority of his law against a sinner, he "causes his beauty to consume away:" a metaphor taken from the case of a culprit, who, by the arguments of counsel, and the unimpeachable evidence of witnesses, has the facts all proved against him, grows pale, looks terrified; his…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11When thou with rebukes - The word here rendered “rebukes” means properly: (a) proof or demonstration; (b) confutation or contradiction; (c) reproof or admonition by words; (d) reproof by correction or punishment. This is the meaning here. The idea of the psalmist is, that God, by punishment or calamity, expresses his sense of the evil of human conduct; and that, under such an expression of it, man, being unable to sustain it, melts away or is destroyed…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing but vanity, may God deliver us from having or seeking our portion in it. When creature-confidences fail, it is our comfort that we have a God to go to, a God to trust in. We may see a good God doing all, and ordering all events concerning us; and a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The Lord uses discipline to correct his children (Psalms 38:1, 3, 7; 40:12; see Proverbs 3:11–12; Hebrews 12:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. From his own case, he argues to that of all, that the destruction of man's enjoyments is ascribable to sin.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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