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11 Remove Your scourge from me.
I perish by the blow of Your hand.
12 With rebukes You chasten one for iniquity
and You consume like a moth what he finds pleasure in.
Surely all humanity is but a vapor. Selah
13 Hear my prayer, Adonai,
and listen to my cry—
do not keep silent at my tears.
For with You I am an outsider, a sojourner,
as all my fathers were.

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11 When you rebuke(A) and discipline(B) anyone for their sin,
    you consume(C) their wealth like a moth(D)
    surely everyone is but a breath.(E)

12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;(F)
    do not be deaf(G) to my weeping.(H)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,(I)
    a stranger,(J) as all my ancestors were.(K)
13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”(L)

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