Matthew Poole Commentary - Psalms 39:11 - 39:11

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Psalms 39:11 - 39:11


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With rebukes, i. e. with punishment, which is oft so called. See Psa_6:1 76:6.



Dost correct man for iniquity, i. e. dost punish him as his iniquity deserves. His beauty, Heb. his desire, i.e. his desirable things, as this word signifies, Lam_1:11 Dan_9:23 10:3,11,19. His comeliness, strength, wealth, and prosperity, and all his present excellencies or felicities.



Like a moth; either,



1. Passively, as a moth is quickly and easily crushed to pieces with a touch as this phrase is used, Job_4:19. Or,



2. Actively as a moth consumeth a garment, as it is Job_13:28 Isa_1:9; to which God compareth himself and his judgments, secretly and insensibly consuming a people, Isa_51:8 Hos_5:12.



Every man is vanity; and this confirms what I said Psa_39:5, that every man is vanity; which though men in the height of their prosperity will not believe, yet when God contendeth with them by his judgments, they are forced to acknowledge it.