Psalm 39:11

American Standard 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

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Psalm 39:11 in other translations

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
you consume his wealth like a moth.
Surely every man is but a breath.”

Psalm 39:11 · World English Bible

Psalm 39:11 in context

  1. 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
  2. 10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
  3. 11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah
  4. 12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
  5. 13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.