Psalm 39:11

New English Translation

¹¹You severely discipline people for their sins;^[a]
like a moth you slowly devour their strength.^[b]
Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Psalm 39:11 tn “with punishments on account of sin you discipline a man.”
Psalm 39:11 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.

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