39:11 You severely discipline people for their sins; 1
like a moth you slowly devour their strength. 2
Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)
1 tn “with punishments on account of sin you discipline a man.”
2 tc Heb “you cause to dissolve, like a moth, his desired [thing].” The translation assumes an emendation of חֲמוּדוֹ (khamudo, “his desirable [thing]”) to חֶמְדוֹ (khemdo, “his loveliness” [or “beauty”]), a reading that is supported by a few medieval Hebrew