You correct and punish people for their sins; like a moth, you destroy what they love. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah
“Everyone wears out like something rotten, like clothing eaten by moths.
My skin has become black and peels off, as my body burns with fever.
So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses, whose foundations are made of dust, who can be crushed like a moth.
Maybe he could remove God’s punishment so his terror would no longer frighten me.
Look! It is the Lord God who helps me. So who can prove me guilty? Look! All those who try will become useless like old clothes; moths will eat them.
I am like a moth to Israel, like a rot to the people of Judah.
then hand this man over to Satan. So his sinful self will be destroyed, and his spirit will be saved on the day of the Lord.
The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as his child.”
But a donkey, which cannot talk, told Balaam he was sinning. It spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the prophet’s crazy thinking.
“I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives.