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You discipline a man with punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; every man is a mere vapor. Selah
Psalms 39:11 In-Context
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I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.
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Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
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When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.
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“Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
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Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”
Cross References 5
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S Deuteronomy 28:20; Isaiah 66:15; Ezekiel 5:15; 2 Peter 2:16