So I am becoming weaker and weaker\par like a piece of wood rotting away,\par like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.”\par
Psalm 39:11 - Easy To Read Version Lord, you punish people for doing wrong\par to teach them the right way to live.\par Like a moth destroys cloth,\par you destroy the things people love.\par Yes, our lives are like a small cloud \{that quickly disappears\}.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [240]})\i0 \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When with rebukes You correct and chasten man for sin, You waste his beauty like a moth and what is dear to him consumes away; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]! American Standard Version (1901) 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 Common English Bible You discipline people for their sin, punishing them; like a moth, you ruin what they treasure. Yes, a human life is just a puff of air! Selah Catholic Public Domain Version I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council. |
So I am becoming weaker and weaker\par like a piece of wood rotting away,\par like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.”\par
My skin is burnt and peeling away.\par My body is hot with fever.\par
So surely people are worse!\par People live in houses of clay. {\cf2\super [11]} \par The foundations of these houses of clay\par are in the dirt.\par They are crushed to death\par more easily than a moth!\par
I wish there were someone to take God’s\par punishing stick away.\par Then God would not scare me any more.\par
But look, the Lord my Master helps me. So no person can show me to be evil. All those people will become like worthless old clothes. Moths will eat them.
I will destroy Ephraim,\par like a moth destroys a piece of cloth.\par I \{will destroy\} Judah,\par like rot \{destroys a piece of wood\}.\par
Then give this man to Satan (the Devil), so that his sinful self {\cf2\super [28]} will be destroyed. Then his spirit can be saved on the day of the Lord.
The Lord punishes every person he loves,\par and he punishes every person\par he accepts as a child.”\par \i (Proverbs 3:11-12)\i0 \par
But a donkey told Balaam that he was doing wrong. And the donkey is an animal that cannot talk. But that donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the prophet’s (Balaam’s) crazy thinking.
“I correct and punish those people that I love. So start trying hard! Change your hearts and lives!