Isaiah 51:12

“I, I am the one who consoles you. ¹  Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? ² 

Ps 90:5,6; Ps 92:7; Ps 103:15,16; Ps 118:6; Ps 146:4; Pr 29:26; Isa 2:22; Isa 40:6; Isa 43:25; Isa 51:3; Isa 51:7,8; Isa 57:15-18; Isa 66:13; Da 3:16-18; Mt 10:28; Lu 12:4,5; Joh 14:18,26,27; Ac 9:31; 2Co 1:3-5; 2Co 7:5,6; Jas 1:10,11; 1Pe 1:24

¹ tc The plural suffix should probably be emended to the second masculine singular (which is used in v. 13). The final mem (ם) is probably dittographic; note the mem at the beginning of the next word.

² tn Heb “Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, and of the son of man who [as] grass is given up?” The feminine singular forms should probably be emended to the masculine singular (see v. 13). They have probably been influenced by the construction אַתְּ־הִיא (’at-hi’) in vv. 9-10.