Psalms 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)

Job 4:19; Job 13:28; Job 30:30; Ps 38:1-8; Ps 39:5; Ps 90:7-10; Ps 102:10,11; Isa 50:9; Ho 5:12; 1Co 5:5; 1Co 11:30-32; Heb 12:6; Re 3:19

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 mss.