Psa 39:11
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. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}
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And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
For this cause many {are} weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who {is} he {that} shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
Therefore {will} I {be} unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. {rottenness: or, a worm}
[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
{It is} burned with fire, {it is} cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}
Surely men of low degree {are} vanity, {and} men of high degree {are} a lie: to be laid in the balance, they {are} altogether {lighter} than vanity. {altogether: or, alike}
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them}
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Doth not their excellency {which is} in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who {is} he {that} shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones {that} were not seen stick out.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day {is} a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and {there is} not strength to bring forth. {blasphemy: or, provocation}
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.