Psalms 39:11

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.
• 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
• New Living Translation (NLT)When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude

Context of Psalms 39:11

9I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. 10Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath. 12“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were. 13Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”

Psalms 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 38:1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
• Psalms 90:7We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
• 1 Corinthians 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
• Hebrews 12:6because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
• Revelation 3:19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
• Psalms 102:10because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
• Job 4:19how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
• Job 13:28“So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
• Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.
• Isaiah 50:9It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me. Who will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up.
• Hosea 5:12I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah.
• Psalms 39:5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.

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

Topics related to Psalms 39:11

• Beauty
• Life
• Moth
• Vanity
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Altogether
• Frail
• Jeduthun
• Measure
• Psalms
• Silence
• Vain
• Dumb
• Moth
• Pentateuch

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